Create an integrated teaching unit

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Create an integrated teaching unit

• ECE 460 Early Childhood Curriculum

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Integrated Curriculum Components

• core topic
• sub-topics
• age/group level
• basic web
• tasks to be completed
• task evaluation
• thinking skills evaluation
• learner outcomes
• correlation to scope and sequence/TEKS/TAKS
• items
• procedure
• assessment

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Integrated Curriculum

• Brewer (2007) Intro to Early Childhood Education
  6e
• pp. 110 ff Chapter 4 Planning Learning
  Activities
• An integrated curriculum is more similar to
  childrens learning beyond the classroom than
  traditional, subject-based instruction.

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Integrated Curriculum

• A) Integrated curriculum supports i.
  In-depth exploration of a topic ii. Child
  autonomy and motivation iii. Active
  learning iv. Teacher learning and modeling
  v. Effective use of school time.

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Integrated Curriculum

• B) In selecting a theme, make sure the topic
• i. Is important beyond the instructional
  theme
• ii. Meets learning standards curriculum
  goal
• iii. Is interesting to students
• iv. Provides opportunities for application of
  childrens skills
• v. Uses available resources

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Integrated Curriculum

• C) Implementing the themei. A web of ideas can
  serve to inspire child interest and suggest
  ideas, as well as organize and link specific
  activities and assess child knowledge.
• ii. Only activities that meet the learning
  objectives should be included in thematic
  instruction.

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Integrated Curriculum

• D) Evaluating the themei. A record sheet listing
  child skills that correspond to each objective,
  with a separate column for each theme, can serve
  as a useful basis for evaluation.ii. Childrens
  interest and involvement should be monitored and
  recorded as well a their success iii. Themes may
  be repeated but specific activities must be based
  on childrens interest.

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Integrated Curriculum

• E) A learning plan addresses how children achieve
  hierarchical goals. i. Learning plans represent
  long-term planning, incorporating many lessons or
  days, ii. Daily learning plans should be
  flexible enough to incorporate incidental
  learning. iii. Lesson plans may be useful
  components of a broader learning plan. iv.
  Different modes of learning and groupings of
  children should be included.

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Integrated Curriculum

•    F) Texas public schools have mandated goals or
  materials, TEKS. It is important to incorporate
  those goals into the curriculum in a
  developmentally appropriate way.

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Integrated Curriculum

•     G) Multicultural and antibias
• These are terms for curriculum that teach
  respect by incorporating all cultures and
  demographic groups. i. This approach is gaining
  important as US society becomes more diverse.
  ii. Teachers must be knowledgeable about cultures
  in order to teach them effectively. iii.
  Classroom materials can support awareness of
  diversity. iv. Teachers should model respect
  for differences and avoid assuming certain groups
  have learning deficits.

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Integrated Curriculum

• G. Multicultural and antibias contd.
•         v. Goals            a) Strong identity
  as part of a group and member of human race   
          b) Sense of connectedness with other
  people            c) Critical thinking
  skills            d) Confidence            e)
  Academic skills        vi. Characteristics   
          a) Incorporate daily life into the
  curriculum            b) Adjust curriculum to
  reflect home culture            c) Address
  diversity and justice            d) Involve
  parents and family            e) Encourage
  critical thought            f) Staff review own
  biases

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