IDEATE
Diploma Program Course Outlines
IDEATE Projects
IDEATE explores students’ skills, interests and strengths to fulfill desired learning outcomes. All students have a mentor that help guide the outcomes of the project( s) and ensure links to the curriculum. Students can learn in a variety of contexts, such as completing personal interest projects, external work experience projects, and group IDEATE projects. The purpose is for students to transfer their knowledge knowledge from a variety of disciplines into a coherent project.
IDEATE Projects is a two-year course where students will undertake a combination of three types of projects throughout their two-year course:
• Personal Interest Projects Students work on a variety of projects in areas of personal interest that they have initiated and designed.
• Work Experience Projects Students are immersed in an environment related to their area of interest. An expert in that field assists the student with developing a project that benefits that environment and supports the students learning to school.
• Whole Group IDEATE Projects Students work on a collective project with other IDEATE students in relation to the school mission and community.
The evidence of learning from these projects are curated into a portfolio which will be used at the student’ s end of semester exhibition and form the basis of the final assessment and grade.
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