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。第一，沿着21世纪将全面实现的先进信息社会的实施，需要对信息技术所带来的社会变革进行评估，分析其对教育、科学、文化、体育等方面的影响。我们进行了这些调查，并提出了与文部科学省的政策相关的几个课题。具体而言，我们对（1）到2015年预计的技术进步的估计，（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）必要的行政问题的澄清。根据技术进展评估、案例研究和需求分析，我们调查了在该部负责的各个领域引入先进信息技术所需的优选措施。我们的调查结果可以总结如下：规划行政政策的三个最重要领域是：（1）充分利用多媒体信息的教育系统，（2）先进信息社会所需人力资源的教育和培训，以及（3）在学校，学院，大学，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.