Integrative And Interdisciplinary Curriculum In The Middle School

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 103223833X

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Integrative and Interdisciplinary Curriculum in the Middle School by Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

Originally published as a special issue of the Middle School Journal, this book presents integrative curriculum as a foundational element of the middle school. By addressing the current gap in literature on curriculum integration in the middle grades, this text explores how learning can be organized around authentic concepts or questions which cut across disciplines and speak to young adolescents. Providing a current, nuanced, and comprehensive review of what it means to embrace and implement an interdisciplinary and integrative curriculum, the volume considers how educators can create and deliver a high-quality integrative curriculum which is enjoyable, challenging, and inclusive. Examples of implementation in teacher preparation programs and middle grade classrooms showcase integrative approaches and illustrate how curricula have been key in tackling social inequities, increasing engagement with STEM, and supporting collaboration. This text will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, academics and libraries in the field of Middle School Education, Curriculum Studies, Teacher Education, Theories of Learning, and STEM Education.

Author : Edward N. Brazee,Jody Capelluti
Publisher : National Middle School Assn
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Curriculum planning
ISBN : 1560900903

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Dissolving Boundaries by Edward N. Brazee,Jody Capelluti Pdf

An examination of the issues surrounding the concept of change is fundamental to curriculum improvement for elementary and middle schools. New beliefs surround an integrative rather than a separate subject isolation approach to curriculum. This report examines past, current, and future curriculum practice and considerations, focusing on a new vision of the middle level curriculum as an integrated curriculum. Chapters are: (1) "The Process of Curriculum Development"; (2) "A Rationale for Curriculum Integration"; (3) "The Curriculum Continuum: Moving Where You Need To Be"; (4) "Integrated Studies for Multi-Age Classrooms: Solon Elementary School, Maine"; (5) "Hand-Crafting an Integrated Curriculum: Timothy Edwards Middle School: South Windsor, Connecticut"; (6) "One District's Perspective: Staff Development Stimulates Curriculum Integration: Blue Valley, Kansas"; (7) "First Steps toward Curriculum Integration: Using Student Questions: Ashland Middle School, Maine"; (8) "Twenty Years Later: Multidisciplinary to Integrated Units: McKelvie Middle School, Bedford, New Hampshire"; (9) "Interdisciplinary Study in a Technology Education Class: Garland Street Middle School, Bangor, Maine"; (10) "Pushing the Envelope: What Curriculum Integration Can Be: Brown Barge Middle School, Pensacola, Florida"; (11) "The Curriculum Planning Process: More than Interdisciplinary Units"; and (12) "Reflections--What We Have Learned from These Schools." Contains 133 references. (BGC)

Author : Lisa M Harrison,Ellis Hurd,Kathleen Brinegar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000044966

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Integrative and Interdisciplinary Curriculum in the Middle School by Lisa M Harrison,Ellis Hurd,Kathleen Brinegar Pdf

Originally published as a special issue of the Middle School Journal, this book presents integrative curriculum as a foundational element of the middle school. By addressing the current gap in literature on curriculum integration in the middle grades, this text explores how learning can be organized around authentic concepts or questions which cut across disciplines and speak to young adolescents. Providing a current, nuanced, and comprehensive review of what it means to embrace and implement an interdisciplinary and integrative curriculum, the volume considers how educators can create and deliver a high-quality integrative curriculum which is enjoyable, challenging, and inclusive. Examples of implementation in teacher preparation programs and middle grade classrooms showcase integrative approaches and illustrate how curricula have been key in tackling social inequities, increasing engagement with STEM, and supporting collaboration. This text will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, academics and libraries in the field of Middle School Education, Curriculum Studies, Teacher Education, Theories of Learning, and STEM Education.

Author : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031233377

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Interdisciplinary Curriculum by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Pdf

Explore the two important criteria to which every interdisciplinary program must adhere and read about six design options for an interdisciplinary curriculum.

Author : James Etim
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 0761828982

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Curriculum Integration K-12 by James Etim Pdf

Following the pioneering work of James Beane and Heidi Jacobs, there is growing interest in the area of integrative teaching. Contributors to this edited volume include K-12 principals and teachers, as well as university professors recently involved in the implementation of integrative teaching.

Author : Susan M. Drake,Rebecca Crawford Burns
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780871208408

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Meeting Standards Through Integrated Curriculum by Susan M. Drake,Rebecca Crawford Burns Pdf

If you've ever thought that standards-based teaching and required content prevent you from integrating subject areas, then here's a book that will change the way you think and alert you to exciting new possibilities in your approach to teaching. Learn how to identify the connections in your standards that provide the basis for interdisciplinary units. Explore all types of integrated curriculum and how they bridge content standards to authentic, relevant learning experiences. And understand how to create interdisciplinary units that provide data-based evidence of student learning. A planning template and detailed examples of successful integrated curriculums are included to help you implement integrated curriculum in practice. Discover how you can make learning more exciting for students--and rewarding for you.

Author : Arthur K. Ellis,Carol J. Stuen
Publisher : Eye On Education
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015053508498

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The Interdisciplinary Curriculum by Arthur K. Ellis,Carol J. Stuen Pdf

Author : Timothy Lintner
Publisher : IAP
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781623960841

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Integrative Strategies for the K-12 Social Studies Classroom by Timothy Lintner Pdf

While the concept of integration or an interdisciplinary curriculum has been around for decades, the purposeful practice of integration is a relatively new educational endeavor. Though classroom teachers often say they “integrate,” there generally seems to be a lack of understanding of what this thing called integration is (theory) and what it is supposed to look like in the classroom (practice). Arguably, no other discipline has felt the pressure to integrate more than social studies. Marginalized by federal initiatives such as No Child Left Behind and suffering from a general crisis of credibility, social studies has been pushed further and further to the proverbial back burner of educational importance. Yet regardless of perspective or position, social studies remains ripe for integration. The crux of this book is to provide educators insights and strategies into how to integrate social studies with other discipline areas. Calling upon national experts in their respective fields, each chapter chronicles the broad relationship between individual content areas and social studies. Multiple examples of integrative opportunities are included. At the end of each chapter is a series of grade-specific integrative lesson plans ready for implementation. This book was purposefully designed as a how-to, hands-on, ready-reference guide for educators at all stages and all levels of teaching.

Author : Susan M. Drake
Publisher : Corwin
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998-10-15
Category : Education
ISBN : UCSC:32106012399884

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Creating Integrated Curriculum by Susan M. Drake Pdf

This book brings integrated curriculum into sharp focus and helps you find a curriculum model that can work for your school.

Author : Steven B. Mertens,Vincent A. Anfara,Gayle Andrews
Publisher : IAP
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607524915

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The Encyclopedia of Middle Grades Education by Steven B. Mertens,Vincent A. Anfara,Gayle Andrews Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Middle Grades Education provides a comprehensive overview of the field. This publication includes seven anchor essays (5000 words) that cover the following topics: the history of the middle school movement; academically excellent curriculum, instruction, and assessment; developmental responsiveness in relation to young adolescents; social equity in middle grades schools; leadership in middle level schools; teacher and administrator preparation and professional development; and future directions in relation to the movement, practices, and policy. Leading scholars in the field of middle grades education were invited to author these essays. In addition to the seven anchor essays, the encyclopedia contains alphabetically organized entries (short entries approximately 500 words; long entries approximately 2000 words) that address important concepts, ideas, terms, people, organizations, and seminal publications related to middle grades education. Contributors to the encyclopedia have provided sufficient information so that the reader can place the idea, concept, person, etc. into its proper context in the history of the middle school movement. Entries are meant to be introductory; after an overview of the essentials of the topic the reader is guided to more extensive sources for further investigation. Where appropriate, the reader is also directed to electronic sources such as websites where additional information can be retrieved.

Author : Stephen J. Silverman,Catherine D. Ennis
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 073604275X

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Student Learning in Physical Education by Stephen J. Silverman,Catherine D. Ennis Pdf

This volume provides up-to-date research on the physical education curriculum, teaching and teacher-training, and shows physical educators how to apply this knowledge to their day-to-day practices.

Author : John H. Lounsbury
Publisher : National Middle School Assn
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1560900717

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Connecting the Curriculum Through Interdisciplinary Instruction by John H. Lounsbury Pdf

Interdisciplinary education has been considered a key element of middle level education since the 1960s. Interdisciplinary teaching teams and multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary units of study have been frequently found in middle level schools since then. Although changes have been incorporated to support it, actual implementation of interdisciplinary education continues to fall short of its full potential. While recognizing the need for schools to reflect the reality of life in an interdisciplinary world, it remains difficult to restructure content-separated curriculum into a more interdisciplinary, or integrated, one. This collection of articles offers guidance to both new and established teaching teams implementing integrated instruction programs. Articles in the first section focus on the positive aspects of team organization for teachers, the effects of teaming on students, and student evaluation of interdisciplinary units. The second section offers suggestions for organizing the teaching team and techniques for developing an integrated curriculum. The third section presents several examples of interdisciplinary instruction units that were implemented successfully in schools across the United States. The final section examines the evolutionary development of the interdisciplinary team, methods of evaluating the teaching team, and some of the limitations of, and problems associated with, interdisciplinary instruction. (TJQ)

Author : Robin J. Fogarty,Brian M. Pete
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452272238

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How to Integrate the Curricula by Robin J. Fogarty,Brian M. Pete Pdf

This updated resource offers ten models that allow teachers to work together to create learner-centered classrooms by grouping elements from various content areas into a coherent, standards-based curriculum.

Author : Vincent A. Anfara
Publisher : IAP
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607525059

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The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education by Vincent A. Anfara Pdf

Author : Rebecca Crawford Burns
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 1891677012

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Dissolving the Boundaries by Rebecca Crawford Burns Pdf

Dissolving the Boundaries is research-based. It reflects current theory about teaching and learning and is enriched by the wisdom of teachers and administrators who have designed, implemented, and evaluated interdisciplinary teamed instruction.