Education - Teaching the Core Competencies

The redesigned curriculum focuses on the following three themes (more info here):

1. CORE COMPETENCIES
2. ESSENTIAL LEARNING
3. LITERACY AND NUMERACY FOUNDATIONS

All new subject curriculum focuses on three aspects:

• Content (Know):  
  • "The Content learning standards — the “Know” of the Know-Do-Understand model of learning — detail the essential topics and knowledge at each grade level."
• Curricular Competencies (Do): 
  • "The Curricular Competencies are the skills, strategies, and processes that students develop over time. They reflect the “Do” in the Know-Do-Understand model of learning. While Curricular Competencies are more subject-specific, they are connected to the Core Competencies."
• Big Ideas (Understand):
  • "The Big Ideas consist of generalizations and principles and the key concepts important in an area of learning.  They reflect the “Understand” component of the Know-Do-Understand model of learning.
     
    The big ideas represent what students will understand at the completion of the curriculum for their grade. They are intended to endure beyond a single grade and contribute to future understanding."