Curriculum integration K-12 : theory and practice / edited by James S. Etim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Etim, James S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interdisciplinary approach in education.

Curriculum planning.

Physical Description:

xi, 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lantham, Md : University Press of America, [2005]

Summary:

Following the pioneering work of James Beane and Heidi Jacobs, there is now a growing interest in the area of integrative teaching. At the middle level area, there are attempts to encourage teachers to work in integrating the curriculum in interdisciplinary teams. This book builds on earlier works on curriculum integration. Contributors to this edited volume include K-12 principals and teachers as well as university professors recently involved in the implementation of integrative teaching.

Contents:

Curriculum integration / James S. Etim

Are middle school educators ready for curriculum integration? / Ann L. Barefield

Meeting standards through curriculum integration / Susan M. Drake

Reading across the curriculum / Kathy B. Grant

Integrating technology and the internet in middle school classrooms / Alice S. Etim

Thinking strategically about technology in the middle school classroom / Julie Edmunds and Nita Matzen

Freedom through the lenses of literature and social studies / James S. Etim

Integrative studies / Mary Ann Davies

Integrating the curriculum : an example using "Flowers for Algernon" / James S. Etim, Patricia King and Jamal Woods

Integrating throughout the curricula social studies themes related to environmental and social responsibility and civic engagement / Debra Rowe

Using the environment as a context for integrating the middle school curriculum / Catherine E. Matthews and Ann Berry Somers

Integration in teacher education / Manuel P. Vargas

Multiple intelligences inserted into the lesson plan / Robert J. Landry, Karen S. Landry and Holly L. Johnson

Integrating learning and assessment / Judith Allen Bough and Jonelle E. Pool.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0761828982

OCLC:

60492413