Transcript Real Integration - Where The Rubber Meets The Road

CTE - Supporting Students’
Academic Success!
by: Johnny J Moye, Ph.D.
Overview
Introductions
 Frameworks and standards
 Definitions
 Getting started
 Examples
 Recommendations
 Conclusion
 Questions/Comments
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Introductions
Your name
 Where are you from
 Position
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Introductions
Johnny J Moye
 Retired Navy - 27+ years
 Taught high school technology
education for 5 years
 Career and Technical Education
Supervisor 2 years
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Frameworks
State - local divisions determine CTE
course content
 Course frameworks
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Standards
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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
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Integrated curriculum:
 Information taught in other courses
 Breaks down barriers
 Learning becomes more meaningful
Definitions
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Interdisciplinary curriculum:
 A topic and related issues
 Connections between discrete
disciplines
 Collaboration necessary
Definitions
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Difference between integrated and
interdisciplinary curriculum:
 Integrated curriculum discusses
information students learned (or will
learn) in other courses
Definitions
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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
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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
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Example of Integrated
Curriculum
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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
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EXAMPLE: Culinary Arts
 Food
sources lesson & activity
 Foods were once living organisms
 Science Standards - cells, multi-cellular
organisms, and eco-systems
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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
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Recommendations
Start out simple
 Expound on information already being
taught
 Introduce new information when
comfortable
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Recommendations
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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
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Recommendations
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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
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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
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Conclusion
Integration is not new
 Not easy/difficult
 Takes time and effort
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It is up to each teacher to demonstrate
that CTE does support students’
academic success!
Questions/Comments
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