Page 135 - Social Sciences Humanities - The Ontario Curriculum Grades 9 to 12 - 2013

A. RESEARCHANDINQUIRYSKILLS OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
Throughout this course, students will:
A1. Exploring: explore topics related to housing and home design, and formulate questions to guide their research;
A2. Investigating: create research plans, and locate and select information relevant to their chosen topics, using appropriate social science research and inquiry methods;
A3. Processing Information: assess, record, analyse, and synthesize information gathered through research and inquiry;
A4. Communicating and Reflecting: communicate the results of their research and inquiry clearly and effectively, and reflect on and evaluate their research, inquiry, and communication skills.
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
A1. Exploring
Throughout this course, students will:
A1.1 explore a variety of topics related to housing and home design (e.g., careers related to housing and home design; furniture styles; house styles; types of accommodation; technology in the home; eco-housing; eco-textiles; costs of home ownership and renting and their relation to income) to identify topics for research and inquiry
A1.2 identify key concepts (e.g., through discussion, brainstorming, use of visual organizers) related to their selected topics
A1.3 formulate effective questions to guide their research and inquiry
Teacher prompt: “What factors would you need to consider if you were researching the costs of renting versus owning a home?”
A2. Investigating
Throughout this course, students will:
A2.1 create appropriate research plans to investi­ gate their selected topics (e.g., outline purpose and method; identify sources of information), ensuring that their plans follow guidelines
for ethical research
A2.2 locate and select information relevant to their investigations from a variety of primary sources (e.g., interviews, observations, surveys, questionnaires, design plans, photographic spreads in interior design magazines) and secondary sources (e.g., textbooks, websites, brochures, magazine and newspaper articles)
A2.3 based on preliminary research, for each investigation formulate a research question, and use it to focus their research
A3. Processing Information
Throughout this course, students will:
A3.1 assess various aspects of information gath­ ered from primary and secondary sources (e.g., accuracy, relevance, reliability, inherent values and bias, voice)
Teacher prompts: “How can you determine whether an information source is relevant
to your research topic?” “If two information sources contradict each other, how might you determine which is more reliable?” “What val­ ues are embedded in the information sources?”
A3.2 record and organize information and key ideas using a variety of formats (e.g., notes, graphic organizers, summaries, audio/visual/digital records)
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