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BC Curriculum: Core Competencies

BC Curriculum: Core Competencies

Posted in Blog Posts, Elementary & Middle Years, Learning Design & Planning, Resource | Tagged with Assessment, core competencies, lesson planning, planning, unit planning

Understanding the Core Competencies According to the Ministry of Education, there are some essential understandings related to the Core Competencies and how they are connected with the other parts of the BC Curriculum: “The Core Competencies are sets of intellectual, personal, and social and emotional proficiencies that all students need in order to engage in […]

Know Do Understand (KDU): a starting point in planning

Know Do Understand (KDU): a starting point in planning

Posted in Learning Design & Planning, Not Subject Specific, Resource, Video & Video Tutorials | Tagged with Assessment, KDU, learning design, lesson planning, planning, Teacher Use, template, unit planning

The BC curriculum’s more concept and competency based curriculum, expects that teachers combine Big Ideas, Contents, and Competencies as they plan learning experiences for their students. The purpose is to create clear goals which will guide teachers to design assessments and activities to develop concepts and skills in their students. The “Know-Do-Understand” Model (KDU) can […]

Groupwork Strategies for Heterogeneous Classrooms

Groupwork Strategies for Heterogeneous Classrooms

Posted in Active Learning, Blog Posts, Elementary & Middle Years, Learning Design & Planning, Secondary | Tagged with collaboration, group work, lesson planning, planning

Teachers can feel overwhelmed trying to support the different needs of their students. A group work activity can be a perfect strategy to make students work together and support each other, improving the skills of all students. What is groupwork? Cohen & Lotan (2014, p. 1) define groupwork as “students working together in a group […]

BC Curriculum: Planning Templates

BC Curriculum: Planning Templates

Posted in Blog Posts, Elementary & Middle Years, English, Resource, Secondary | Tagged with lesson plan, lesson planning, Teacher Use, teaching resource, template

The Learning Design Blog is a resource developed by Claire Rushton, Director TEO & Yvonne Dawydiak, Learning Design Manager. We have gathered some templates from across school districts and developed some resources with faculty to support TCs in planning for practicum. As TCs develop their understanding of planning and begin to engage in designing learning […]

Learning about and through Food: podcast resource post

Learning about and through Food: podcast resource post

Posted in 4-7, Active Learning, AppliedDesignSkillsTechnologies, Elementary & Middle Years, K-3, Learning Design & Planning, Physical and Health, Podcast, Resource | Tagged with blog, engagement, lesson planning, math, planning, resources, science, STEAM, Teacher Use

Food is an interdisciplinary concept that intertwines through a wide range of subjects: home economics, science, math, arts, and many more. In Episode 5 of our recently launched Thinking outside the Sandbox podcast, Dr. Kerry Renwick, Dr. Susan Gerofsky, and Dr. Lorrie Miller share their ideas and experiences with respect to food and the development […]


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