Module 2: The B.C. Curriculum and Students with Complex Needs
Summary
The B.C. curriculum is intended to provide more flexibility in learning, with a focus on understanding and application of processes. In this way, students are engaged in deeper learning, and acquire skills they can use both across the curriculum and in life. This curriculum is for ALL learners. Educators can use the Big Ideas to create meaningful and inclusive learning activities for students with complex needs.
Key Terms
- Big Ideas
- What students are expected to understand.
- Core Competencies
- What students are expected to do under the three headings of thinking, communication, personal and social.
- Curriculum
- A defined set of knowledge and skills that students are expected to learn.
- Essential Concept
- The most important part of the big idea for a student to understand.
References and Resources
British Columbia Ministry of Education. (n.d.). BC’s curriculum. Retrieved from https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca