An increase of the lifelong-learning motivation of senior citizen is changing a focus of life-span development study of psychology to a perception development issue of the aged. However, still past study stands on that children of 9 to 13 years old are in the typical development stages of forming their future carrier and the occupational consciousness. Therefore, it is considered that whether a person expects teleworking style or not may be influenced by how each individual has formed his/her self occupational outlook through education in school age. Based on this, the author conducted a survey of 112 primary schoolchildren to determine their preference for collective work to work-at-home model. As a result, for 48 children who wish to work for company and/or public institution, 77% of them answered that they desire to commute and work together with colleagues even when telecommuting is possible and admitted by employer. Moreover, the ratio increased gradually as school year goes up. It was also made clear that the ratio rose even higher if schoolchildren's favorite job is not taken into consideration. Reasons were analyzed from answers to an open-ended question by using morphology and keywords importance measuring system. Thus, his paper sketches the future research agenda regarding relationship between education in school age and telework penetration.

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Telework is a way of work for diverse human resources. And many of teleworkers do "part-time telework." However many people have an image telework as "full-time telework." In addition, such an image includes "a particular way of work for handicapped, involving child care and nursing care, person." This incorrect perception of telework shows an insufficiency of telework education. The author argued that telework education should be offered in higher education. So I have conducted a class in which students simulate project operation in telework environment. The class aims to provide students with an understanding of the method of information system development. In this paper, we discuss the effect of telework experience on the students' attitudes toward telework. First, we look at an overview of the past education of telework and students' attitudes toward using ICT tools. Then, we consider the result of a principal component analysis of the time-series questionnaire about students' experience. Finally we conclude this paper with some comments on the limits of telework education in higher education.

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Telework is a new working style. It has a possibility that solves problems which our society is facing, e.g., career interruption of women, congestion of urban area, and lack of labor, although it has not become popular. To make it popular. education for working at home is necessary. This report introduces a new e-learning method for working at home, which based on telework practice. It has a feature that students have their classroom and study together, i.e., classroom style e-learning. It is adopted at "Working at Home Project for Single Parents etc." by Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare. "Survey on classroom style e-learning" is conducted for the students of this project. The survey implies that the classroom style e-learning is one of an effective method

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A typical life plan for Japanese business people would be, receiving a university education, receiving on-the-job training and/or off-the-job in a company, engaging in business, and devoting himself/herself to his/her interests after a mandatory retirement. However many old-age persons would want to challenge something they can make use of their past experiences. This paper reports a case of the establishment and management of a small company by an elderly person. The company consists of old-aged retired workers who have professional knowledge and skills in sales, SE, planning, accounting, manufacturing, quality control, service, or development in big enterprise as well as ICT literacy. Moreover, the company utilizes telework to overcome the dispersed workplace. The case study suggests the possibility of "telework-enabled business utilizing retirees' experiences."

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There are no doubts that the September 11^<th> disaster has changed the way we view the world. The implications of the terrorist attacks are rumbling across the globe and new challenges undoubtedly have been affecting us ever since. The business environment field is one of them. The distinction of the "Towers" in New York and the abandonment of nearby buildings as one of the consequences have drawn into sharp focus years of discussion on Business Continuity Planning (BCP). This paper will cover some of the important lessons learned from this unfortunate incident, to assist organizations who are facing new emphasis on implementing BCP programs related to Telework Projects, as it is the successful case of a company in Brazil, Nortel Networks, to be herein reported.

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