| Curricular Competency |
Understanding context- Engage in a period of user-centred research and empathetic observation to understand design opportunities
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Mechatronics 12 |
Applied Design |
| Keyword: user-centred research |
Elaboration: research done directly with potential users to understand how they do things and why, their physical and emotional needs, how they think about the world, and what is meaningful to them |
| Keyword: empathetic observation |
Elaboration: aimed at understanding the values and beliefs of other cultures and the diverse motivations and needs of different people; may be informed by experiences of people involved; traditional cultural knowledge and approaches; First Peoples worldviews, perspectives, knowledge, and practices; places, including the land and its natural resources and analogous settings; experts and thought leaders |
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| Big Ideas |
Tools and technologies can be adapted for specific purposes. |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: technologies |
Elaboration: tools that extend human capabilities |
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| Big Ideas |
Business creates opportunities to enable change. |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Financial and economic literacy promotes the financial and economic well-being of both individuals and businesses. |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: economic literacy |
Elaboration: Examples for student inquiry:What are the economics of both large and small luxury purchases?How might we be affected by the shifting value of the Canadian dollar?How might we be affected by changing interest rates?How might an economic recession affect individuals and societies?What are the economic impacts of automation and technical advances? |
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| Content |
career options and opportunities in various economic sectors |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
industry best practices |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
interpersonal and presentation skills to promote products or services and to interact with potential customers/clients |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: interpersonal and presentation skills |
Elaboration: for example, professional communications, collaboration, follow-ups, and courtesies; technological or visual supports to accompany marketing or demonstrations at meetings and conferences; social media and networking |
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| Content |
behavioural economics |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
economics in everyday life |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: everyday life |
Elaboration: for example, situational contexts, real-life scenarios |
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| Content |
global markets |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: global markets |
Elaboration: imports/exports, trade, tariffs, quotas, dumping |
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| Content |
labour |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: labour |
Elaboration: unemployment, wages, supply and demand, unions |
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| Content |
competition in the market |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: competition |
Elaboration: perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, oligopoly |
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| Content |
money and mediums of exchange |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: money |
Elaboration: banks, currency, fiat money, demand, supply, deposits |
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| Content |
economic indicators |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: economic indicators |
Elaboration: gross domestic product (GDP), inflation, consumer price index (CPI), interest rates, unemployment rates |
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| Content |
government actions and impact on the market |
Economics 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: government actions |
Elaboration: for example, price controls, rent controls, taxes, fiscal policy, monetary policy |
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