learning journey to smss
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LJ to SMSSIntegrated Humanities
Curriculum Design
• Teacher determines the success of the curriculum
• Link between what is planned, enacted and experienced
• Look at the literature
• Visit NIE (Library & Talk to Experts)
Why Integrate?
• To experiment
• To meet a need
• Fill a gap
• Correct a situation
• Integration an approach
• It is natural
• MOE is going to introduce an integrated syllabus
Why IH?
• Observations
• Thinking and Knowledge in Silos
• Unable to make connections between what is learnt in the classroom and the real world
Why IH?
• Benefits of Curriculum Integration
• Make connections between classroom and real life
• Increase students cognitive development
• Practical application
• Make learning more meaningful
• Active construction of knowledge
Objectives of IH
• To help students see the connections between Geography and History
• To provide a broad perspective
Frameworks
• PETALS
• Tone of Environent
• Fogarty’s Models of Integration
• Shared / Integrated Models
• UbD
• Explanation, Interpretation
IH
Geography
History
Themes
• Sec 1
• Change and Continuity
• Sec 2
• Vulnerability & Tenacity
What is IH @ SMSS
• Taught mostly by 1 teacher as a single subject (currently)
• 6 - 30min periods a week
• Team teaching
• To solve the problem of the lack of knowledge and skills (at the beginning)
Assessment
• Summative Assessment
• Formative Assessment
• Bonus Assessment
Exam PaperSections Sec 1 Sec 2
MCQ Y
SBQ/SEQ Y Y
Scenario Based Y Y
Map Skills Y Y
Example of Scenario
• You are a minister, there is a problem...you are given three solutions. Which is the best solution? Why not the other two?
Concerns / Challenges
• Capacity Building and Professional Development
• Need to get core group of teachers ready
• Rigor of Curriculum
• Systemic Issues
Challenges
• Teacher ability and focus area
• Familiarization with content and skills for Geography and History
• Team teaching
• Guidance by more experienced teachers
Challenges
• Constantly on the look out for relevant materials
• Collaborative culture in school
• Preparation of Assessment
• Students need to be reminded that content mastery alone is insufficient
Literature
• Wineburg, S. & Grossman, P. (2002) Interdisiplinary Curriculum: Challenges to Implementation.
• Fogarty, R. (1991). ‘How to Integrate the Curriculum’ Paletine: IRI/Skylight Publishing Inc.
• Project Zero Website
• www.pz.harvard.edu/