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One of the most important qualities a student can learn is the ability to
apply existing skills and knowledge in new ways in order to meet needs and solve problems
as they arise. An integrated curriculum is one that is designed to develop this ability in
students by helping them to see the links between different subject ares and understand
that what they learn is meaningful in the context of the world outside the school. A
considerable body of research supports the view that the mind naturally searches for
patterns and connections as we seek to understand phenomena and create meaning. Such
findings suggest that there is merit in the attempt to design curiculum that mirrors the
mind's natural search for patterns.
Individual subjects continue to be useful ways of organizing learning, since we need to
present concepts and skills to students in a systematic way. But students also need to be
able to use their learning outside the particular subject or discipline and the
integrated curriculum can help them to effect the necessary transfer of knowledge and
skills from one area to another.
- School Improvement Program
- The School Improvement Research Series: Series VIII, Close-up Article #16: Integrated
Curriculum (1993/1994)
This site contains a detailed article on integrated curriculum including: definitions,
Fogarty's 10 levels of curricula integration, background information, research literature,
recommondations, and annotated references.
- Ontario Ministry of Education and Training
- The Common Curriculum: Policies and Outcomes, Grades 1-9, 1995
- Ontario Ministry of Education and Training
- Report of the Minister of Education and Training 1994-95
The Royal Commission on Learning released its report on January 26, 1995. In response to
the recommendations made by the commission, the government made several announcements
throughout the months of February and March. Details are presented below.
- Ontario Ministry of Education and Training
- Curriculum for Ontario Secondary Schools
This document provides: information about the characteristics of the new curriculum and
the emphasis on high standards, the proposed schedule for development of the new
curriculum, required areas of achievement for all secondary graduates
- Howard Gardner: Multiple Intelligence
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- Multiple Intelligence Exploration Page
- The purpose of this page is to provide hyperlinks to other WWW resources for Howard
Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences as described in his book, Multiple
Intelligences (1993).
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