抄録
From 2001, teacher training in "Information Studies", a new subject area to be taught in Japanese senior high schools, will commence in universities. Since they have no previous learning experience, a curriculum of "Teaching Method of Information Studies" is important for pre-service teachers to acquire the required knowledge and skills for teaching this subject area. Based on the two-year tryout of the practical curricululm, we recommend the following strategies. First, a model lesson should be demonstrated in the early stages so as to provide pre-service teachers with a lesson image of "Information Studies". Second, they should analyze the relation between the descriptive Course of Study and the key concepts and typical ways of solving problem in Information and Communication Technology so that they can identify appropriate objectives, essential to "Information Studies." Finally, there should be guidance on how to pose tasks by which high school students are able to understand the significance of learning "Information Studies", and to development of teaching materials.
