ERIC Number: EJ945439
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1099-839X
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Redefining Curriculum Integration and Professional Development: In-Service Teachers as Agents of Change
Schleigh, Sharon Price; Bosse, Michael; Lee, Tammy
Current Issues in Education, v14 n3 2011
Calls for curriculum integration in K-12 mathematics and science have seen nominal results. Numerous factors including cycles of practice in teacher development and professional development practices have inhibited the development, dissemination, and implementation of integrated curriculum. This paper examines the characteristics of the professional development standards of both disciplines; considers inherent hindrances to the implementation of integrated curriculum; generates a novel definition for integrated curriculum; argues that the most effective change agent is in-service professional development; and provides guiding notions for effective in-service professional development. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Change Agents, Educational Change, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Beginning Teachers
Arizona State University, Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education. Deans Office, P.O. Box 870211 Payne 108, Tempe, AZ 85287. Tel: 480-965-3306; Fax: 480-965-6231; e-mail: cie@asu.edu; Web site: http://cie.asu.edu
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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