Curriculum for Excellence

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Exemplification of Curriculum for Excellence

The case studies in this section provide staff with exemplars of how some schools in Scotland have started to implement the literacy experiences and outcomes under Curriculum for Excellence.

Within each of these studies you can find innovative teaching methods, video clips of good practice and numerous support materials for your own use.

These are by no means prescriptive teaching models for the curriculum but are provided to offer you inspiring illustrations of innovative practices that are already being used in Scottish schools today.


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Social studies and literacy at third level

This West Dunbartonshire project aimed to offer CPD opportunities for social studies teachers in developing literacy skills for learners.

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Growing up with Loch Leven - exploring literacy across learning

With this project, Perth and Kinross developed familiarity with the literacy outcomes and enabled staff to deliver them using the local environment.

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Improving engagement by developing literacy and numeracy in social studies

This project at Bannockburn High School emerged as a result of collaboration between colleagues in the social studies and additional support needs departments who were looking at ways of developing learning and teaching which would actively engage young people and support specific pupils in S2 more effectively.

Development and progression in Literacy and English

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