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Peer reviewedDeHart, Paula; Cook, Perry A. – Voices from the Middle, 1997
Presents a rationale for developing and implementing integrated curricula in the middle school. Draws connections between the middle school concept, integrated curriculum, and constructivist learning theory. Explores differences between integrated curriculum and the more traditional separate subject curriculum. Examines several models of…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Educational Change, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textBlank, William E. – 1984
This paper outlines a method of transforming traditional learning methods into a competency-based approach in a series of steps. The paper is organized in three sections. The first section defines competency-based education (CBE) and explains how this approach differs from traditional education. It also advances reasons why the competency-based…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Conventional Instruction, Curriculum Development
