Greater parent and community support for high expectations for all students. Students graduating from high school with educational and career plans, achievement documentation, a high level of technical and academic competence, and pride in their accomplishments. Maybe go to college. Nothing else to do. 2 Integration is how people learn in the real world.
Students learn more quickly and easily if information is given in context.
When teachers assign isolated skills, they deprive students of the opportunity to make the types of connections that nourish the brain and foster learning. Integrated learning helps academic and workforce development teachers expand their repertoire of teaching strategies. It enables teachers to move beyond lecturing and asking students to fill out work sheets. It allows students to construct new knowledge by working on problems, projects, and products that relate academic knowledge to the work environment. Recognizing and teaching to multiple learning styles and multiple intelligences reduces students' fear of failure that often impedes learning.