Integrated Curriculum in SBE Context - Version 1
MAIN TOPIC1 - CONCEPT AND THEORIES
Introduction
This main topic presents the key ideas about the integrated curriculum that the integrated curriculum is described as one that connects different areas of study by cutting across subject-matter lines and emphasizing unifying concepts. The integrated curriculum helps the students and teachers become more successful in the classroom. This curriculum helps the students to engage in relevant that is the activities which can be connected in their life and helps the teachers to create challenging, fun, meaningful tasks that help students connect to information.
Moreover, this main topic indicates the approach of integrated curriculum that consist to a Multidisciplinary approach which focuses primarily on the disciplines, an Interdisciplinary approach, teachers organize the curriculum around common learning across disciplines and a Transdisciplinary Integration, teachers organize curriculum around student questions and concerns. So, the three categories offer a starting point for understanding different approaches to integration.
SUB-TOPIC 1: RELATED CONCEPTS AND THEORIES
Website
Yola.com: Rebecca Manos & Rachel Oakley - Professional Development Webquest: Philosophies of Middle Level Curriculum - 22 October 2015 - This webquest comprises 4 main parts to be explored and learnt with theories and concepts of integrated curriculum that are reflected along the way: Introduction, Curriculum Philosophers, Implications on the Common Core and References.
URL: http://middlegradescurriculum.yolasite.com/
Slides
IN@Slideshare.net: leakaszas - Interdisciplinary integration - Published on Aug 08, 2010
Definition, types and benefits of curriculum integration are focused in order to promote the new curriculum for incorporating into a new system of education.
URL: http://www.slideshare.net/leakaszas/interdisciplinary-integration?qid=e929d07c-a420-48c7-9227-0742d73ec67e&v=default&b=&from_search=6
Video
Study.com: Shaundra Boyd: Integrated Curriculum: Definition, Benefits & Examples
This video shows the definition, benefits & examples and the concept of integrated Curriculum that is described as one that connects different areas of study by cutting across subject-matter lines and emphasizing unifying concepts.
URL: http://study.com/academy/lesson/integrated-curriculum-definition-benefits-examples.html
edutopia.org: An Introduction to Integrated Studies - October 7, 2008
Combining academic subjects produces deeper learning and a better understanding of the interrelationships between them. The issues related to integrated studies are clearly apprehended by the key sentence "succees in integrated studies requires flexibilty of schedualing and collaboration among teachers".
URL: http://www.edutopia.org/integrated-studies-introduction-video
PDF/EBook
New Zealand Council for Educational Research: Deborah Fraser - Curriculum Integration
Author tried to clarify the different interpretations: thematic units vs. curriculum integration. While many discuss
the benefits of curriculum integration, this design still remains largely misunderstood due to the number of varying definitions available and the confusion between this approach and others. This chapter is a revised and updated version of an earlier article: Fraser, D. (2000). Curriculum integration: What it is and is not. set: Research I
nformation for Teachers, 3, 34−37 (reprinted with permission). Sacha Davey is acknowledged for reviewing some of the additional literature cited.
URL: http://www.nzcer.org.nz/system/files/press/abstracts/Chapter%202.pdf
