TAS20 – TECHNOLOGY AND THE SKILLED TRADES – GRADE 10

Part of: Technological Education

This hands-on course enables students to apply the engineering design process and other technological knowledge and skills introduced in earlier grades. Students will design and safely create prototypes, products, and/or services, working with tools and resources from various industries. As students develop their projects to address real-life problems, they will apply technological concepts such as quality control, and health and safety standards. Students explore opportunities for job skills programs and education and training pathways, including skilled trades, that can lead to a variety of careers.

This learning will enhance their ability to achieve success in secondary school, the workplace, postsecondary education or training, and daily life. A central component of this curriculum is safe, practical, hands-on, experiential learning that will support students in becoming technologically literate citizens. That is, they can understand, work with, and benefit from a range of technologies, skills that are necessary given the power, reach, and rapid evolution of technology.

Vision: The vision of the technological education program in Grades 9 and 10 is for all students to acquire and develop the skills and knowledge related to technological education that will support them in contributing to the global economic, scientific, and societal innovations of tomorrow.

• Gain an understanding of the fundamental technological concepts underlying technological education through hands-on, project-based learning while developing technical skills.
• Develop creative and flexible approaches to problem solving that will help them address challenges in various areas in everyday life.
• Develop a level of technological proficiency that will allow them to be critical consumers and producers of technological solutions.
• Explore the impact and development of technology, including emerging technological innovations.
• See themselves as capable and successful STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learners and practitioners.

The technological education curriculum in Grades 9–12 encompasses ten broad-based technology areas, as follows:

Communications Technology, Computer Technology, Construction Technology, Green Industries, Hairstyling and Aesthetics, Health Care, Hospitality and Tourism, Manufacturing Technology, Technological Design, Transportation Technology