Catalyst • Junior Secondary Curriculum • Handbook 2019
Teaching and learning – a skills and content focus
Each course in our curriculum details what students
will be able to do, and what they are expected to
know as a result of their learning experience. Social skills
Through the Catalyst curriculum and our focus on the
BIG skills, students will receive explicit instruction in
personal, social, learning and thinking processes. • Active citizenship, including service beyond self
• Self-management
• Emotional intelligence
Learning skills
• Explanation
We view this toolkit of skills and abilities as being
integral to life, learning and problem solving.
• Expression
• Comprehension
The skills toolkit is as follows:
• Communication
Personal skills • Wide general knowledge
• Reflection Thinking skills
• Knowledge of self as an individual and learner • Analysing
• Independent learning • Investigating
• Presentation and performance • Transferring
• Creativity • Experimenting
• Manipulating
• Applying skills and concepts
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