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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9–12 | Classical Studies and International Languages
Classroom teachers support students in education and career/life planning by providing them with learning opportunities, filtered through the lens of the four inquiry questions, that allow them to apply subject-specific knowledge and skills; explore subject-related education and career/life options; and become competent, self-directed planners. The curriculum expectations in classical studies and international languages provide oppor- tunities to relate classroom learning to education and career/life planning that will prepare students for success in school, work, and life.
The policy governing the education and career/life planning program is set out in Creating Pathways to Success: An Education and Career/Life Planning Program for Ontario Schools – Policy and Program Requirements, Kindergarten to Grade 12, 2013, which is available on the Ministry of Education’s website, at www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/ policy/cps/CreatingPathwaysSuccess.pdf.
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION AND OTHER FORMS OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Planned learning experiences in the community, including job shadowing and job twinning, field trips, work experience, and cooperative education, provide students with opportunities to see the relevance of their classroom learning in a work setting, make connections between school and work, and explore a career of interest as they plan their pathway through secondary school and on to their postsecondary destination. Through experiential learning, students develop the skills and work habits required in the workplace and acquire a direct understanding of employer and workplace expectations. In addition, experiential learning helps students develop self-knowledge and awareness of opportunities – two areas of learning in the education and career/life planning program outlined in Creating Pathways to Success.
Experiential learning opportunities associated with various aspects of the classical studies and international languages curriculum help broaden students’ knowledge of themselves and of career opportunities in a wide range of fields. For example, students of classical studies could extend their understanding by completing an internship in a museum, an art gallery, an auction house, a rare book library, or a university. Students of international
Who do I want to become?; and (4) achieving goals and making transitions – What is my plan for achieving my goals?.
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