How to Integrate the Curricula.
- 3rd ed.
- 1 online resource (153 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Model 1 - Cellular: Are we or how are we setting curricular priorities? -- Model 2 - Connected: How are we connecting the curriculum in explicit ways? -- Model 3 - Nested: How are we explicitly nesting life skills and process standards into core curricular content? -- Model 4 - Sequenced: How are we aligning standards and mapping curriculum for commonsense parallels? -- Model 5 - Shared: How are we collaborating with other teachers to find the big ideas that we share across disciplines? -- Model 6 - Webbed: Are we or how are we using patterns and themes to integrate the curricula? -- Model 7 - Threaded: Are we or how are we threading skills across the various content areas? -- Model 8 - Integrated: Are we designing or how might we design authentic learning projects and performances that integrate a number of disciplines? -- Model 9 - Immersed: Are we or how are we using learner-centered models in which students have choices? -- Model 10 - Networked: Are we or how are we modeling real-world learning that utilizes networks of experts? -- Appendix: Assessing Curriculum Integration: Units of Study -- References -- Index.
This updated resource offers ten models that allow teachers to work together to create learner-centred classrooms by grouping elements from various content areas into a coherent, standards-based curriculum.