Fundamental Concepts

Goals

In social science, history, and geography, and all the subjects in Canadian and world studies, students realize the vision for the program as they:

• develop the ability to use the “concepts of disciplinary thinking” to investigate issues, events, and developments;

• develop the ability to determine and apply appropriate criteria to evaluate information and evidence and to make judgements;

• develop skills and personal attributes that are needed for discipline-specific inquiry and that can be transferred to other areas in life;

• build collaborative and cooperative working relationships;

• use appropriate technology as a tool to help them gather and analyse information, solve problems, and communicate.