INTRODUCTION

Preface: Using this Integrated Resource Package

Implementation of Applied Skills 11 will begin in September 1995. This Integrated Resource Package (IRP) provides some of the basic information that teachers will require in order to implement the Applied Skills 11 course. A list of the sections of the document, along with a description of how that section can be used, follows:

• The Introduction describes the Applied Skills 11 course, including special features and requirements.
• The Rationale for Applied Skills 11 discusses "why this subject is taught in schools."
• The Graduation Requirements outlines the applied skills graduation requirement and answers questions regarding the alternatives for fulfilling the applied skills requirement in Grades 11 and 12.
• The Curriculum Organizers describe the Prescribed Learning Outcomes for the course. The organizers can be used to focus the planning of activities for any delivery of Applied Skills 11. It is important to ensure that all the curriculum organizers and outcomes are addressed in any delivery model of Applied Skills 11.
• The provincially Prescribed Learning Outcomes for this course are listed under their appropriate curriculum organizer.

The Provincially Prescribed Learning Outcomes for Applied Skills 11

The learning outcome statements are the content standards for the provincial curriculum. They set out the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for the course. The learning outcomes are statements of what students are expected to know and do in Applied Skills 11; they also comprise the prescribed curriculum. Learning outcomes are clearly stated, expressed in measurable terms, and complete the stem, "It is expected that students will ..." Outcome statements have been written to enable teachers to use their experience and professional judgment in planning and evaluating. The outcomes are standards that will be useful to teachers for establishing benchmarks for criterion-referenced assessment of student performance. It is expected that student performance will vary in relation to outcomes. Evaluation, reporting, and student placement with respect to these outcomes is dependent on the professional judgment of teachers, guided by provincial policy.

Suggested Instructional Strategies

Instruction involves the selection of techniques, activities, and methods that can be used to meet diverse student needs and deliver the prescribed curriculum. Teachers are free to adapt and use the suggested instructional strategies or substitute others that they feel will enable their students to achieve the prescribed outcomes. These strategies have been developed by specialist and generalist teachers to assist their colleagues; they are suggestions only.

Suggested Assessment Strategies

The assessment strategies consist of a variety of ideas and methods to gather evidence of student performance. Some assessment strategies relate to specific activities; others are general and could apply to any activity. These strategies have also been developed by specialist and generalist teachers to assist their colleagues; they are suggestions only.

Provincially Recommended Learning Resources

No resources are presently listed in this document. As yet, a comprehensive provincial evaluation has not taken place for this course. A resources evaluation will take place during the 1995-96 school year. Many provincially recommended resources are available in each of the applied skills subjects and physical education. Any provincially Recommended or Authorized learning resource may be used for this course at the discretion of the teacher.

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