This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario Computer Science 12 University ICS 4U curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
This outcome chart contains Media literacy learning expectations from the Alberta social studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:
1. listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to access and explore prior knowledge and experiences of self and others.
Specific Expectations:
1.1.1 Use conversation to explore personal understanding
1.1.2 Explain examples of text preferences (oral, print, and other media)
1.2.1 Use prior knowledge and new information to draw conclusions
1.2.2 Explore personal and others' opinions and understandings
Strands in the Technological Education curriculum
The overall and specific expectations for each course in the technological education curriculum are typically organized in four distinct but related strands. The strands are Fundamentals; Skills; Technology, the Environment, and Society; and Professional Practice and Career Opportunities.
The Grade Nine and Ten curriculum document Technological Education includes information on how media literacy is relevant to the content of these courses:
The Ontario social sciences curriculum includes expectations that incorporate media education themes. The curriculum document: Social Sciences and Humanities (2013) includes a section that demonstrates the complementary relationship between the critical thinking approach of media education and social sciences:
Quebec Competencies Chart - Violence on Television
This outcome chart contains media education learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Outcome Chart - Atlantic Provinces - Information Communication Literacy 401A
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 6 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
1. listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to access and explore prior knowledge and experiences of self and others.
Specific Expectations:
1.1.1 Seek others' viewpoints to reflect on personal understanding
1.2.1 Use prior knowledge and experiences selectively to make sense of new information in a variety of contexts
1.2.2 Explain the importance of linking personal perceptions to others' understandings