A Study on Societal Transfiguration due to Advanced Information Technology and Related Issues on National Administrative Policy

该项目是一个为期两年的研究项目，旨在实现以下两个目标。首先，随着21世纪全面建设先进信息社会的实施，需要对信息技术引起的社会转型进行估计，并分析其对教育、科学、文化和体育的影响。我们已经做了这些调查，并就文部要求的政策提出了几个问题。更具体地说，我们研究了(1)预计到2015年技术进步的估计，(2)网络基础设施的实施过程，(3)对教育、科学、文化和体育的影响分析，(4)澄清必要的行政问题。基于技术进步估计、案例研究和需求分析，我们调查了将先进信息技术引入教育部负责的各个领域所需的优先措施。我们的调查结果概括为：规划行政政策的三个最重要的领域是：(1)充分利用多媒体信息的教育系统；(2)先进的信息社会所需的人力资源的教育和培训；(3)在中小学、大专院校和其他教育和文化机构部署信息基础设施。调查报告是根据上述活动编写的。

This project was a two-year research project aiming at the following two objectives. First, along with the implementation of advanced information society which is expected to be full-fledged in the 21st century, it is now required to estimate societal transfiguration caused by the information technologies and to analyze its in influences towards education, science, culture and sports. We have done those investigation and proposed several issues concerning the policies required of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports.More specifically, we did researches on (1) the estimation of technology progresses expected by 2015, (2) the implementation process of network infrastructure, (3) analysis of influences towards education, science, culture, and sports, and (4) clarification of necessary administrative issues.Based on technological progress estimation, case studies, and requirement analysis, we investigated preferable measures which are required for the introduction of advanced information technology into various areas the Ministry is responsible for.The results of our investigation can be summarized as follows : the three most important areas in planning the administrative policies are (1) the education system fully utilizing multimedia information, (2) the education and training of human resources needed in the advanced information society, and (3) the deployment of information infrastructure in schools, colleges, universities, and other educational and cultural institutions.The report of the investigation was compiled according to the above mentioned activites.