The practice of bringing together elementary school subjects, based on the idea that the real world doesn't compartmentalize life into subject matter categories.
What is Integrated Learning
100
Unforeseen teachable moments that cannot be planned in advance.
What is spontaneous learning
100
Current curriculum, major issues or problems, concerns of young people, process concepts, and appealing topics are examples of this.
What is the 5 potential sources of topics for thematic instruction.
100
A combination of the processes and tools involved in addressing educational needs and problems, with an emphasis on applying the most current tools (pg. 248).
What is Educational Techonolgy
100
Clearly defined, well-equipped classroom nooks that contain a variety of learning materials and activities designed to promote independence, foster decision making, and encourage collaboration.
What is Learning Centers
200
Synthesizing the knowledge and skills of the disciplines within a school subject (pg. 233)
What is intradisciplinary integration
200
Understandings that are acquired through self-initiated activity, informal experience, and associated interactions with people (pg. 239).
What is spontaneous concepts
200
The three integrative variations of thematic curriculum (pg. 241-242).
What are projects, technology integration, and learning centers.
200
The three 21st-Century technological skill categories (pg. 249)
What is 1. Learning and innovation skills 2. information, media, and technology skills 3.life and career skills.
200
Jeopardy is an example of this learning center.
What is review/reinforcement learning center
300
Establishing links among individual subject areas for the purpose of examining a central theme, issue, problem, topic, or experience (pg. 234)
What is Interdisciplinary integration
300
Psychologist who believed that children acquire two major types of concepts during the elementary school years--spontaneous and scientific (pg.239).
Who is Vygotsky
300
What is a concern for project-based learning (pg. 243)?
What is there is no common and shared criteria available to guide teachers.
300
Software that presents highly complex situations where students confront a problem, identify alternatives, and select an approach to solve the problem (pg. 257).
What is Problem-Solving Software
300
This learning center is solely designed to address student interests (pg. 270)