Secondary
The District School Board of Niagara offers innovative, hands-on learning in 10 broad-based subject areas:
- Communications Technology
- Computer Technology
- Construction Technology
- Green Industries
- Hairstyling and Aesthetics
- Health Care
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Manufacturing Technology
- Technological Design
- Transportation Technology
The philosophy that underlies broad-based technological education is that students learn best by doing. This curriculum therefore adopts an activity-based, project-driven approach that involves students in problem solving as they develop knowledge and skills and gain experience in the technological subject area of their choice. Broad-based technology courses enable students to develop a variety of transferable skills that will serve them well in a complex and ever-changing workplace. As students hone their interests and skills, they make also take focus courses that concentrate on more specific knowledge and skills in each broad-based area. For example the communication technology curriculum can be focused in areas such as photography, graphics design, and TV, video and film.