Real Integration - Where The Rubber Meets The Road
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CTE - Supporting Students’
Academic Success!
by: Johnny J Moye, Ph.D.
Overview
Introductions
Frameworks and standards
Definitions
Getting started
Examples
Recommendations
Conclusion
Questions/Comments
Introductions
Your name
Where are you from
Position
Introductions
Johnny J Moye
Retired Navy - 27+ years
Taught high school technology
education for 5 years
Career and Technical Education
Supervisor 2 years
Frameworks
State - local divisions determine CTE
course content
Course frameworks
Standards
National standards
ITEEA - Standards for Technological
Literacy
NASAFACS - National Standards for
Family and Consumer Sciences
Education
AAAS - Science Education Standards
NCTM - Math Standards and
Expectations
Many more
Definitions
Integrated curriculum:
Information taught in other courses
Breaks down barriers
Learning becomes more meaningful
Definitions
Interdisciplinary curriculum:
A topic and related issues
Connections between discrete
disciplines
Collaboration necessary
Definitions
Difference between integrated and
interdisciplinary curriculum:
Integrated curriculum discusses
information students learned (or will
learn) in other courses
Definitions
Difference between integrated and
interdisciplinary curriculum:
Interdisciplinary curriculum information concurrently taught (e.g.
Culinary Arts (Family & Consumer
Sciences) and Earth Science
courses.
Getting Started
CTE teacher must understand course
framework, national and state standards
Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs)
Understand the two different
approaches to integration
Example of Integrated
Curriculum
Integrated curriculum - easiest to start
EXAMPLE: Eighth grade technology
education course
Bridge building lesson & activity
Address mathematics 6th - 8th grade
standards:
Student use visualization, spatial
reasoning, and geometric modeling to
solve problems
Example of Integrated
Curriculum
Design and construct
a balsa wood bridge
Teachers use same
terminology, stress
same principles as
math teachers
Teachers must
understand math
terms and principles
Example of Interdisciplinary
Curriculum
EXAMPLE: Culinary Arts
Food
sources lesson & activity
Foods were once living organisms
Science Standards - cells, multi-cellular
organisms, and eco-systems
Complex molecules
Carbohydrates
Fats
Proteins
Example of Interdisciplinary
Curriculum
Chemical reaction - effects taste,
human body reaction
Information concurrently presented in
Culinary Arts and Earth Science
courses
Requires close coordination between
core and culinary arts teachers
Students make connections between
foods & science courses
Recommendations
Start out simple
Expound on information already being
taught
Introduce new information when
comfortable
Recommendations
Perform necessary research
National standards
State and local requirements
Know what is taught in other courses
Use correct terminology
Teach relevant information that
students will understand
Recommendations
Long term project
Long haul
Create a long range plan
Backward design method - where do
you want to be in 10 - 15 years
Collaborate with
Core teachers
Administrators
Students
Parents
Recommendations
Core academic teachers
Lesson plans & pacing guides
What & when is information being
taught
Start by modifying existing plans create new ones when you feel ready
Start small and grow!
Recommendations
Apply for grants
Money for the asking: NASA / NSF
Grant writing not difficult - help in your
division is probably available
If you do not ask for the money someone else will get it
Recommendations
Perform studies - determine level of
success
Publish articles - advertise your success
Local newspaper
Professional journals
Present briefs based on your articles
Conclusion
Integration is not new
Not easy/difficult
Takes time and effort
It is up to each teacher to demonstrate
that CTE does support students’
academic success!
Questions/Comments
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