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This is up to you!!

“creating a habitat for wonder”, where students learn to be comfortable with uncertainty, “where it is more exciting NOT to know something than it is to know something” (Murdoch, 2014).

Figure 4. Eugene Ionesco Quote. (Ionesco, n.d.).

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Teaching using an integrated approach is a natural way for students to make sense of their world, where students develop the skills and strategies to identify, gather and analyse information and then use it to come to a deeper understanding.

Figure 3. Signposts (Devon Geography, 2014).

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Why should schools include integrated studies?

Why did I choose this question?

1. BROAD: it has a number of overarching themes and therefore multiple lines of inquiry.

2. It allows me to address the topic that really interests me:

"LEARNER AGENCY"

Figure 2. Inquiry learning (Smith, 2015).

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So what is curriculum integration:

Gordon, 2014 defines integration as

"An approach to teaching and learning that connects knowledge, understanding and skills from within or across subject areas in meaningful ways".

(AITSL, 2012)

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Figure 1. Murdoch's Inquiry model (Crawford & Crawford, n.d.)

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Step 1: Prior knowledge
What do your students know?

incorporates the learning of several disciplines within one lesson/unit.

It enables students to explore different subject areas simultaneously

Helps make schooling more relevant

allows students to connect what they learn to real-life situations

allows students to be active participants in their learning and to further assist the student to construct their own knowledge.

allows students to develop critical thinking skills and learn how to transfer knowledge from one context to another.

It allows students to explore ideas through collaboration and critical thinking.

Success in integrated studies entails collaboration and student engagement, preparing students for a complex future.

combines different areas of the curriculum through a theme or series of lessons, helping students to make connections and gain a deeper understanding of their learning.

It caters to various learning styles

This also  helps to manage the crowded curriculum educators are faced with.

Step 2: Ascertain student questions and interest in the topic.
What else would you like to know?

approaches and strategies

motivation and engagement

Learning outcomes

Assessment

Subject areas

Challenging students

Achieve a balance: explict teaching and student led

Why should schools include integrated studies?