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ACADEMIC & APPLIED COURSES

Grade 9

  • Students in Grade 9 will select from Destreamed and Open course types.


Grade 10

  • Students in Grade 10 will select from Academic, Applied, and Open course types. 
  • Academic and applied courses set high expectations for all students. Academic and applied courses differ in the balance between essential concepts and additional material, and in the balance between theory and application.

 

ACADEMIC COURSES

  • Academic courses focus on the essential concepts of the discipline and also explore related concepts. Academic courses develop students’ knowledge and skills by emphasizing theoretical, abstract applications of the essential concepts of the course and incorporating practical applications as appropriate.

 

APPLIED COURSES

  • Applied courses also focus on the essential concepts of the discipline, but develop students’ knowledge and skills by emphasizing practical, concrete applications of these concepts and incorporating theoretical applications as appropriate.

 

    　
  • Applied
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  • Academic
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  • Teaching and 
  • Learning 
  • Strategies
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  • - more hands on
  • - concrete
  • - more directed activities &
  • teaching
  • - focus on essential skills by
  • emphasizing practical, concrete
  • applications
  • - tasks are more defined
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  • - more abstract
  • - more student iniated
  • - independent activities build on
  • essential skills
  • - additional requirements:
  • emphasis on theoretical,
  • abstract application
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  • Assessment
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  • - reports, projects, based on
  • application
    		•
  • - more emphasis on abstract, theoretical
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  • Strengths of
  • Learner
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  • - reads for specific purpose
  • - benefits from more structure
  • - likes to learn and master
  • essential skills and knowledge
  • - completes tasks in directed
  • environment
  • - enjoys learning by doing and by
  • some theoretical work.
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  • - self motivated
  • - reads well and comprehends
  • material
  • - enjoys / values reading
  • - benefits from more independence
  • - likes to explore beyond related
  • learning
  • - completes tasks in directed
  • environement as well as
  • independently
  • - enjoys learning by doing and by
  • more extensive theoretical work
  • - recognizes need for daily
  • homework and review
  • - good time management skills
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