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Core Curriculum Foundation Documents
Core Curriculum: Plans for Implementation (Saskatchewan Education, 1987) defines the Core Curriculum as including seven Required Areas of Study, the Common Essential Learnings, the Adaptive Dimension, and Locally-Determined Options. Four Department documents elaborate on the concept of Core Curriculum.
Understanding the Common Essential Learnings: A Handbook for Teachers (1988) defines, explains, and expands upon the Common Essential Learnings.
Instructional Approaches: A Framework for Professional Practice (1991) describes and expands upon an understanding of a variety of instructional approaches, strategies, and methods for use in the classroom.
Student Evaluation: A Teacher Handbook (1991) provides information about assessment and evaluation of student achievement.
The Adaptive Dimension in Core Curriculum (1992) describes the adaptations a teacher can make to accommodate the diverse needs of students.
To support Core Curriculum, Saskatchewan Learning includes several other initiatives. These include Gender Equity, First Nations and Métis perspectives, Resource-based Learning, multicultural perspectives, inclusive education (see Curriculum Actualization document). These initiatives can be viewed as principles that guide the development of curricula, instructional practice, and evaluation in the classroom. The initiatives outlined in the following statements have been integrated throughout the curriculum.
Teachers can use Classroom Curriculum Connections (2001) as a tool to integrate the components and initiatives of Core Curriculum into their classroom practice.
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