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INTRODUCTION 3
SecondarySchoolsfortheTwenty-firstCentury ....................................3 TheImportanceofTechnologicalEducationintheCurriculum.....................3 TheGoalsofTechnologicalEducation ..............................................4 ThePhilosophyofBroad-BasedTechnologicalEducation ..........................5 FundamentalTechnologicalConcepts ..............................................5 RolesandResponsibilitiesinTechnologicalEducation .............................6
THE PROGRAM IN TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION 9
OverviewoftheProgram............................................................9 CurriculumExpectations ...........................................................14 StrandsintheTechnologicalEducationCurriculum ...............................16 ProblemSolvinginTechnologicalEducation ......................................16
ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 20
BasicConsiderations ...............................................................20 TheAchievementChartforTechnologicalEducation .............................22 EvaluationandReportingofStudentAchievement ...............................26 ReportingonDemonstratedLearningSkills .......................................26
SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROGRAM PLANNING 27
InstructionalApproaches ..........................................................27
HealthandSafetyinTechnologicalEducation .....................................28
TheOntarioSkillsPassportandEssentialSkills ....................................29
The Role of Information and Communications Technology inTechnologicalEducation ........................................................30
Planning Technological Education Programs for Students WithSpecialEducationNeeds .....................................................30
ProgramConsiderationsforEnglishLanguageLearners ..........................33 AntidiscriminationEducationinTechnologicalEducation.........................35 Environmental Education in Technological Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Literacy, Mathematical Literacy, and Inquiry/Research Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Une publication équivalente est disponible en français sous le titre suivant : Le curriculum de l’Ontario, 9e et 10e année – Éducation technologique, 2009.
This publication is available on the Ministry of Education’s website, at www.edu.gov.on.ca.
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