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INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, GRADE 11, OPEN (IDC3O/IDP3O) 23
Theory and Foundation
Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students will:
• demonstrate an understanding of the key ideas and issues related to each of the subjects or disciplines studied;
• demonstrate an understanding of the different structures and organization of each of the subjects or disciplines studied;
• demonstrate an understanding of the different perspectives and approaches used in each of the subjects or disciplines studied;
• demonstrate the skills and strategies used to develop interdisciplinary products and activities.
Specific Expectations
Ideas and Issues
By the end of this course, students will:
– identify the fundamental ideas and issues that characterize each of the subjects or disciplines studied and critically analyse how the ideas and issues interrelate (e.g., for an interdisciplinary studies course on business ethics: the ethical use of informa- tion technology, the impact of interna- tional economic associations, ethical issues in global marketing, and the impact of entrepreneurs on a community; for an interdisciplinary course on ecotourism: geography concepts related to ways in which regional factors influence human movement and interaction, and business studies concepts related to ways in which changes in demographic and geographic characteristics influence potential tourist markets);
– describe and critically analyse key issues and themes that have interdisciplinary ele- ments and connections in the subjects or disciplines studied (e.g., the application of mathematical concepts of patterning and sequence in music and in dance; the impact of leadership styles and personal management skills on successful tourism and hospitality ventures; the influence of political, economic, and social factors in organized sport);
– identify and describe the features and roles of information literacy in each of the sub- jects or disciplines studied (e.g., by investi- gating the effect of the “digital economy” on human relationships and the world of work, by examining how global data shar- ing can assist the sustainable development of natural resources);
– identify and describe, with particular refer- ence to each of the subjects or disciplines studied, the principles and practices regard- ing the safe, ethical, and legal use of infor- mation and information technologies (e.g., “netiquette”, personal privacy and security, copyright, software user agreements).
Structures and Organization
By the end of this course, students will:
– analyse and describe ways in which each of the subjects or disciplines studied are structured or organized (e.g.,“How do the natural sciences and human sciences differ in the ways in which they classify human behaviour?”,“How distinct are the differ- ent forms and genres of literary expres- sion?”,“How successfully does the Dewey Decimal System classify knowledge?”);
– explain the importance of organizing and storing information and resources to each of the subjects or disciplines studied (e.g., to record the development of knowledge,