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Curriculum Integration and the NAF Curriculum: How can we do this?

Curriculum Integration and the NAF Curriculum: How can we do this?. Laura Fidler, NAF Curriculum Specialist laura@naf.org. Where do we begin?.

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Curriculum Integration and the NAF Curriculum: How can we do this?

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  1. Curriculum Integration and the NAF Curriculum: How can we do this? Laura Fidler, NAF Curriculum Specialist laura@naf.org

  2. Where do we begin?

  3. Which of these projects is the best option for integrating curriculum? Consider the concept and driving questionbefore making your decision. Scenario B: Teachers create a cross-curricular project about the financial crisis. Driving question: How did the recent financial crisis happen and what is the government doing for recovery? Scenario A: Teachers create a cross-curricular project on the concept of money. Driving question: How is wealth valued differently by people depending on their circumstances?

  4. What is curriculum integration for a NAF academy? Curriculum integration is a pedagogical approach in which: • Several or all Academic and career-theme teachers collaborate to develop projects that incorporate skills and content from all of their subject areas • Students make meaningful connections across subjects • Standards and learning objectives from different subjects are met simultaneously • Students confront authentic, relevant questions, dilemmas, and issues that pique their curiosity and sustain their engagement

  5. What are the strengths and weaknesses of these questions as drivers for an integrated unit? Give 3 reasons for each. • A Use evidence to reconstruct what happened in a crime • B Design a “green” roof made of plants to replace the roof of a New York city high-rise • C Plan a trip to another country and present what a visitor would experience there • D Develop a business plan for a new business

  6. Curriculum integration benefits teachers as well as students.

  7. Every NAF Lesson includes ideas for curriculum integration Cross-curricular extension activities are listed at the end of every Lesson Plan

  8. Culminating projects are another way to incorporate curriculum integration How do the culminating projects for each course encourage collaboration across disciplines?

  9. Curriculum integration develops along a continuum Single Subject Parallel (Paired) Interrelated Conceptual BEGINNING INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED

  10. Conceptual integration is the most powerful level Conceptual integration is based on a unifying idea

  11. The unifying idea is a concept, learned through topics Topic Concept An organizing idea or mental construct A category of study that implies a body of related facts to be learned

  12. The concept underlies and links the topics together The topics relate to and illuminate the unifying concept:

  13. Each subject uses different topics to explore the unifying concept

  14. How to Choose a Rigorous Thematic Topic/Concept Richard Strong, “Teaching What Matters Most”

  15. Test the Topic for Relevance How is this topic relevant to… Your Students The Workplace/ The Working World Topic The School Community Your Subject area/ Discipline David HyerleEd.D, “Tools for Learning

  16. The driving question is an open-ended invitation… The driving question captures the concept and must grab and hold student interest

  17. Guidelines for the Driving QuestionSource: Project-Based Learning Handbook (The Buck Institute) Driving questions are: • Provocative • Open-ended • Go to the heart of a discipline or topic • Challenging • Arise from real-world dilemmas that students find interesting • Consistent with curricular standards and frameworks.

  18. It takes practice to craft a good driving question Of the examples below, which one makes the best driving question? 1. How can we best design advertising to promote Disneyland? 2. How can we, as financial consultants, best develop a strategy for our client to respond to current market conditions? 3 .Does WalMart meet my ethical standards as a potential employer? 4. How can we create a documentary video that uses digital tools effectively to tell the story of how Japanese anime and rap music are related? 5. How can we, as customer service consultants, explain the four rules of customer service to a hospitality- or tourism-related business?

  19. Topic tables help teachers find connections The beginning of a great curriculum integration project lies in the overlaps and connections teachers find by comparing their curricula. Here is a simplified example of potential connections:

  20. Successful curriculum integration projects follow a sequence of steps Generate a topic table Decide on unifying concept for integrated unit or project Define the topics that will explore the concept and ensure they meet standards and objectives for each subject area Design the driving question Choose key questions that breaks the driving question into smaller parts Create curriculum map Allocate team responsibilities Identify evidence of student learning associated with the projects Write lesson plans with formative and summative assessments Evaluate the project or unit

  21. Curriculum integration requires…

  22. Review your answers from beginning of session. Have your answers changed, if so, how? Pick one question to rewrite to change wording. • A Use evidence to reconstruct what happened in a crime • B Design a “green” roof made of plants to replace the roof of a New York city high-rise • C Plan a trip to another country and present what a visitor would experience there • D Develop a business plan for a new business

  23. Which curriculum development process works best to create an integrated project. Scenario B: English teacher will tie in a novel for students to read at the same time as the project. Teachers involved decide to meet once a week in the teacher’s lounge after school to plan. Plans include inviting professionals into the classroom to review rough drafts of project artifacts and provide feedback. Scenario A: English teacher will tie in a novel that students read last semester and already know well. Teachers involved will confer with each other via email to save time. Plans include sending students’ project artifacts to professionals via email for review and to solicit feedback. What would you do differently to make these work?

  24. NAF.connect.org has videos of cross-curricular projects • Here is the url for the NAF video series: • http://nafcollaborationnetwork.org/video-archive.html • ConnectEd has a video series as well: • http://www.connectedcalifornia.org/about/media.php

  25. “When different talents and ideas rub up against each other, there is friction….yes. But …..also sparks, fire, light and eventually….. brilliance” Nancie O’Neill

  26. You’re on your way! Laura Fidler NAF Curriculum Specialist laura@naf.org 347-638-4314

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