Curriculum

Aims

The school curriculum and assessment are an integral part of any education system. The school curriculum is defined as the set of learning experiences to be provided to our students necessary for achieving the aims of education in Brunei Darussalam. It sets out a clear framework to teaching and learning as aspired by the country education vision and mission. It sets out what we want students to know and to be able to do. We want our students to be lifelong learners who are confident and creative, connected and actively involved. It sets out values that are to be encouraged, modelled and explored. It also determines how our students’ performance will be assessed and reported. It gives teachers, students, parents, employers and the society a clear and shared understanding of the knowledge, skills and values to be gained at school. We are offering our students the most effective and engaging learning experiences possible, and supporting them to achieve to their highest potential and to be successful citizens of Brunei Darussalam in the twenty-first century.

The school curriculum and assessment will operationalise the key development and design strategies foe quality education envisioned in the education document through the provision of a balanced, relevant, differentiated and dynamic curriculum. This is to be achieved through the provision of a differentiated curriculum comprising 8 key learning areas. The key learning areas provide the broad knowledge domain in the development of knowledge, skills and values.

Objectives

It is intended that learners will be able to achieve the following outcomes:

  • Live and work in a technological society through the applications of practical or scientific knowledge
  • Develop technology literacy through the use of ICT
  • Develop knowledge and skills through multiple approaches such as design process i.e. problem solving skills through analyzing problems, gathering information, suggesting alternative solutions, making judgments and decisions, and within certain defined constraints, plan, organize, create, communicate ideas and evaluate solutions.

Assessment

Assessment is an integral part of classroom practice. It focuses on how pupils learn and encourages pupils to engage in self-assessment to improve their learning through constructive guidance. It is important to recognize the central role of classroom practice in which both the processes and products of learning are assessed by methods most suited to them.

In general, assessment is done with the following aims in minds:

– To measure progress at national levels;
– To measure the achievement of each school;
– To measure the level of achievement of each student; and
– To facilitate teaching and learning.

Below is the guideline of Student Progress Assessment for Computer Studies.

Textbook

  • Discovering ICT Year 7

Teacher’s guide

  • Discovering ICT Year 7 Teacher’s Resources
  • Interactivity Book ICT Year 7

Strategies and Methods of Computer Studies

Teachers will be able to teach Computer Studies by explaining and provide:

1. Computer Studies and its Rationale
2. Aims of the Computer Studies Course
3. General Objectives of the First Course
4. Focus on the Textbook
5. Teaching Aids for Computer Studies
6. Advice to Parents
7. Laboratory Guidelines
8. Teaching Guidelines