Curriculum Comparison

Upon this website you will find a comparison between the Newfoundland and Labrador curriculum and New Brunswick Curriculum in a similar technology subject. The specific subject curriculum documents compared are Communications Technology 2104 of NL and Digital Production 120 of NB. Both of these courses deal with introduction to media creation specifically in the realms of audio, video, graphic, and web-based production. The content is similar but the way in which each is presented within their respective curriculums is noticeably different. I chose New Brunswick's curriculum to compare because it is where I completed my secondary education. The Digital Production course was simply one of the technology courses that were nearly matched in content with one of Newfoundland's courses, specifically Communications Technology 2104.

As stated, the two curriculums do not vary widely in their end goals, but the means by which they do so do vary. Both curriculums are a manual for teaching Graphic, video and audio production. The New Brunswick curriculum also includes Web design, while the Newfoundland Curriculum also includes animation.

In the New Brunswick curriculum, it specifically mentions Universal Design for Learning as a foundational philosophy incorporated into the curriculum production whereas the NL curriculum does not. Also, the NB curriculum specifically details teaching methodology and provides many helps for the teacher such as example assignments and rubrics. NL curriculum on the other hand seems to be more lenient and allow more freedom for the teacher's own methods, not giving too much specific instruction to the teacher on what to create or do, instead the curriculum often says "teachers may..." In this way, the NL curriculum provides a lot more various possibilities for students learning and teacher's instruction, whereas NB curriculum is more limiting but more helpful to a teacher searching the curriculum for some assistance and supports.