Monday, August 31, 2009

Multidisciplinary Integration

First, sorry for the delay in getting this up on the blog.


Multidisciplinary integration focuses on the disciplines, and is usually the organization of standards around a theme. We're thinking the Learning Experiences from last semester.

However, the amount of integration effort varies from unit to unit.

There are several types of multidisciplinary integration.

Intradiciplinary--
  • sub-disciplines are integrated (for example, algebra and geometry may be integrated, but they are both math)
  • connections between ideas in the same subject

Fusion

  • fuse skill and knowledge
  • usually based around a character trait (peace, respect, etc)
  • ex. literature across the curriculum

Service Learning

  • community projects connected with disciplines

Learning Centers/Parallel Disciplines

  • centers bases on one idea, but attacked from all angles
  • students must make connections between the disciplines themselves
  • ex. centers dealing with patterns in math, science, language arts, etc

Theme-Based Units

  • may not be integrated until the final, culminating activity

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