| Description |
xxiii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The time is right -- The brain is wired to file by association -- You don't have to go whole hog at the beginning -- Coordinate and correlate: schedule and share -- Integrating interdisciplinary approaches -- Social studies can rule the day: themes to lesson plans -- Theme-based learning activities -- Simulations: do-it-yourself and ready-made -- Some successful examples from the past -- Developing geography and friends -- Last thoughts -- Eighth gade themes and activities chart -- ABCs of student projects. |
| Summary |
This book discusses organizing learning experiences under themes. Once the brain has stored basic concepts in the curriculum, the storing by association system of the brain attaches new information to those basic concepts, building new ones as students have learning experiences that involve them in integrated subject matter. Thematic teaching has been around for quite a while, stemming from John Dewey and "learning by doing." Teachers need to return to it in view of the effects of narrowed curricula resulting from nationwide emphasis on testing and on rating schools based on student achievement. This book provides ways for teachers to link subjects and areas of learning for various teaching situations and takes readers from simple correlation through using published thematic units now available and on to developing their own interdisciplinary themes or in team efforts with other colleagues. |
| Subject |
Learning, Psychology of.
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Learning, Psychology of. |
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Learning -- Physiological aspects.
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Learning -- Physiological aspects. |
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Brain.
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Brain. |
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Education -- Curricula.
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Education -- Curricula. |
| ISBN |
9781607091370 paperback alkaline paper |
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1607091372 paperback alkaline paper |
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