Course design approaches

Course design approaches

The following graphics serve as illustrations of the course design

approach examples outlined in the TSM.

Teachers should use or develop a course design that is appropriate

for their school in their particular context.

The themes in each graphic are shown in no particular order, but the five themes
are to be addressed equally over the two years of the course.

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 Course design approaches

Thematic approach

Sharing the
planet

Identities Experiences

Social Human
organization ingenuity

Each theme is taught in combination with one or more of the other themes in
cohesive unit plans that span the two years of the course.

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 Course design approaches

Cyclical approach

Identities Human
ingenuity

Experiences Sharing the

planet

Social
organization

Each theme is covered in year 1 of the course and then each theme is revisited in year 2 of the course.

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 Course design approaches

Linear/sequential approach model

The illustrations that follow represent two possible organizational structures for the linear/sequential
approach. Teachers are encouraged to use (or develop) any model that best suits the context of the
school.

* Three themes are covered in depth in year 1 of the course with the remaining
two themes covered in depth in year 2 of the course.

* In year 1, two themes are fully covered and one is partially covered. In year 2, the theme
partially covered in year 1 is revisited and the other two themes are fully covered.

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 Course design approaches

Linear/sequential approach models

* Three themes are covered in depth in year 1 of the course with the remaining two themes covered in
depth in year 2 of the course.

Year 1

Social
Identities Experiences
organization

Year 2

Human Sharing the

ingenuity planet

* In year 1, two themes are fully covered and one is partially covered. In year 2, the theme partially covered
in year 1 is revisited and the other two themes are fully covered.

Year 1

Human
Identities Experiences
ingenuity

Year 2

Human Social Sharing the

ingenuity organization planet

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