MODULE 4:

INTEGRATING NEW LITERACIES IN THE

CURRICULUM
by: Angel Kate Catedral & Andrea Pamplona
BSED MATH-1

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 LEARNING
OUTCOMES
1. Discuss the concept of integrated curriculum.
2. Distinguish the different curriculum integration approaches, methods
and types .
3. Identify lessons or course disciplines that may integration be
appropriate for curriculum.
4. Draw relevant life lessons and significant values from curriculum
integration expenences in class.
5. Analyze research abstract on curriculum integration and its
implications on teaching-learning process.
6. Make a lesson plan with thematic integration across related
disciplines.
 CONCEPT EXPLORATION

The Concept of Integrated

Curriculum

Innovative educators concerned with

In retrospect, the introduction of an
improving student achievement seek ways to
integrated curriculum gained greatest
create rigorous, relevant, and engaging
support in the 1960s. Based on the essential
curriculum as a way to realize curriculum
organization of content, the design
integration. Today, the subjects in the
emphasizes the role of diverse entities called
curriculum should not be taught singly and
academic disciplines clearly defined in
compartmentally but rather become integral
terms of knowledge, skills and values.
towards total development of the child.
 Approaches to Integration

The Association for Supervision and

Curriculum Development (2004)
presents three approaches to
integration and these are
multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and
 Multidisciplinary Approach

A multidisciplinary approach focuses primarily

on different disciplines. Teachers, who employ
this approach, may create standards from the
disciplines within a theme.
THE FOUR DISCIPLINES Araling
Panlipunan

MAPEH Makabayan TLE

Values
Education
 Interdisciplinary Approach

In this approach to integration, teachers organize and

capsulize the curriculum around common learning
across disciplines to emphasize interdisciplinary skills
and concepts. The disciplines are identifiable, but they
assume less importance than in the multidisciplinary
approach.
 Conten
Skills
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t
FILIPINO
PANLIPUNAN
FILIPINO
 Transdisciplinary Integration
In the transdisciplinary approach to
integration, teachers design a curriculum
within student needs and concerns.
Students develop life skills as they apply
disciplinary and interdisciplinary skills in a
real-life context. Two routes lead to
transdisciplinary integration, namely:
project-based learning and negotiating the
curriculum .
 Subject Areas

Theme and Concepts

Life skills
Real - World Context
Career Prospects
Community Integration
Social Problems and Dilemmas
Subtitle
Life Experiences
Student Questions
 Interconnecting the Three Approaches

These approaches offer an Excellent fit for standards

through Backward design process as a teachers
integrate standard - based planning with effective
teaching and learnings practices. Thus , the
multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary
perspectives offer different maps to begin the design
process. Teachers can use any of the different
approaches at any level of education in a single
classroom or in a team approach.
Methods of Curriculum Integration
1.Project - based learning - It engages student in creating knowledge
while enhancing their skills in critical thinking , creativity ,
collaboration , communication reasoning , synthesis and resilience .
2. Service Learning - It is refers to learning that actively involves
student in a wide range of experiences , which often benefits others
and community , while aslo advancing the goals of the given
curriculum .
3.Learning Centers / Parallel Discipline - A popular way to integrate
the curriculum is to address a topic or theme through the lenses of
several subject areas .
4. Theme - Based - Some teachers beyond
sequencing content and plan collaboratively and
they do it in a more intensive way of working with
the theme dubbed as "Theme - based".
5.Fusion - In this method , teachers fuse skills
knowledge or even attitudes into the regular school
curriculum .
 Other Types of Integrated Curriculum

Sequenced
is observed when similar ideas are taught
Webbed
together, although in different subjects , This reflects when teacher plans to base
which facilities learning across content areas , the subject areas around a central
but requires a lot of communication among theme that will tend students to see the
teachers of different disciplines. connection within different subjects .

Connected Shared
This is when teachers use their planning to
This happens when topics surrounding
create an Integrated unit between two
discipline are connected , which allows
disciplines. A teachers presents the
students to review and re-conceptualize
structure , format and standards in making
ideas within a discipline . However , it has
research while collaborating with the
its shortcomings because the content focus
science teacher , who focuses on the
still remains in one discipline .
content area of research that are related to
Doing Curriculum Integration in the Classroom
Chhabra (2017) posited that integrating curriculum in
the classroom includes combining different subject areas
and then , teaching them in relation to in singular theme or
ideas. Innovative teachers and schools prefer integrating
the curriculum in their classroom as it improves student
achievement and leads to an increase student
standardized scores. Placing student achievement on top
priority, an Integrated curriculum utilizes the mentioned
three approaches of integration .
 Benefits of Integrated
Curriculum Model

1. It focuses on basic skills , content and

higher level - thinking.
2.It provides a deeper understanding of
content .
3.It encourages active participation in
relevant real - life experiences .
4. It provides connections among various
curricular disciplines .
5.It accommodates a variety of learning
styles , theories , and multiple intelligence .
INTEGRATING NEW LITERACIES IN THE CURRICULUM

> Curriculum integration is the unification of all subjects and experiences.

> Multidisciplinary approaches focus primarily on the disciplines organized around a

theme.

> In an intradisciplinary approach, teachers integrate subdisciplines within a subject

area for the students to understand the connections between the different
subdisciplines and their relationship to the real world.

> In an interdisciplinary integration, teachers organize the curriculum around

common learning across identifiable disciplines.

> In the practice of a transdisciplinary approach, teachers organize curriculum

around student questions and concerns while developing skills in a real-life context.

> Curriculum integration models include project-based, topic-based, theme based

and task-based learning while other types of curriculum integration are called
connected, sequenced, shared and webbed.
QUIZ
TIME!
1/2 CROSSWISE
Test 1: Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer.
1.What kind of approach the teachers create standards
from the disciplines with a theme?
A.Transdisciplinary B.Multidisciplinary
C.Interdisciplinary

2.Among the three approaches , which of following the

teachers design a curriculum within student needs and
concern ?
A . Interdisciplinary B. Transdisciplinary
C.Multidisciplinary

3.In what kind of approach , the teachers organize and

capsulize the curriculum around learning across
4. It focuses primarily on different disciplines.
A.Transdisciplinary B.Multidisciplinary C.
Interdisciplinary

5. This approach contains four discipline (Araling

Panlipunan , Values Education , MAPEH and TLE) , were
Integrated with a theme , termed MAKABAYAN.
A.Interdisciplinary B.Multidisciplinary
C.Transdisciplinary

6. In what of method of curriculum integration it engages

student in creating knowledge while enhancing their
skills in critical thinking , creativity , collaboration ,
communication , reasoning , synthesis , and resilience ?
7. It is refers to learning that actively involves student in wide range
of experiences , which often benefit others and the community , while
also advancing the goals of given curriculum .
A.Project Based learning B.Theme – based
C.Service learning

8. This is the popular way to Integrate the curriculum is to address a

topic or theme through the lenses of several subject areas .
A.Theme – based B.Learning center / Parallel discipline
C.Fusion

9. In this method teachers go beyond sequencing content and plan

collaboratively and they do it in a more intensive way of working .
A.Fusion B. Theme – based
C. Project - based learning

10. In this method teacher use fuse skills , knowledge or even

Test 2
Identification

1-3 .What are the three 3 approach to integrated

curriculum?

4-5 . List atleast 2 methods of the curriculum integration

 THANK YOU!
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