Title: Interdisciplinary high school teaching : strategies for integrated learning /
Authors: Clarke, John H., 1943-; Agne, Russell M.
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon,
Year: 1997
Subjects: High school teaching United States.; Interdisciplinary approach in education United States.; Education, Secondary United States Curricula.; Education, Secondary Curricula United States.
Abstract: Discusses the trend in high school classrooms away from subject-based instruction and toward interdisciplinary instruction in which students learn to apply lessons from school to areas of relevance in their lives, and includes examples of excellence from around the country, as well as ten full-length case studies.
Contents: TABLE OF CONTENTS -- From Atomization to integration -- Focusing inquiry: using questions to organize learning inquiry showcase -- Fusing subject areas: linking subject to subject -- Teaching themes: organizing learning around ideas -- The thinking process: multimodal intelligence -- The writing process: writing to learn -- Computer processing: managing electronic information -- Problem-based learning: meeting real-world challenges -- Science/technology/society: complex issue analysis -- Learning to work: experiential learning -- Integrating teaching and testing: authentic assessment -- Supporting continuous renewal: systems adaptation.