Title: Curriculum integration K-12 : theory and practice /
Authors: Etim, James.
Publisher: University Press of America,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Curriculum planning; Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Abstract: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Curriculum integration : the why and how / James S. Etim -- Are middle school educators ready for curriculum integration? / Ann L. Barefield -- Meeting standards through curriculum integration : a bridge to the mainstream / Susan M. Drake -- Reading across the curriculum : supporting the marginalized reader / 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 Edmundsa and Nita Matzen -- Freedom through the lenses of literature and social studies / James S. Etim -- Integrative studies : a teaching model to promote connective thinking / Mary Ann Davis -- 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 : the development of an assessment culture / Judith Allen Bough and Jonelle E. Pool.