Participating Programs: Carpentry, Masonry, Machine Tech,
Graphic Arts, Mathematics and Science
All
students in the Class of 2008 participated in an integration project during
their Freshman Exploratory Program. Teachers from the above programs worked
together in creating a curriculum unit that integrates several different
academic and vocational courses. The project was integrated between four shop
programs and two academic areas utilizing many lesson plans. The finished
product was a beautiful pen and clock desk set.
In
1990, the federal government mandated the "integration" of vocational and
academic education through amendments to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational
Education Act of 1984. In its most basic form, curriculum integration involves
the infusion of academic content into vocational programs. Increased
collaboration and coordination among academic and vocational teachers creates a
more unified schooling experience. More and more educators are learning about
the power of integrated curriculum to better engage students and teach them how
to apply academic knowledge and skill to problems in the workplace.
Integration's greatest strength is the potential to connect learning to almost
any kind of "real world" subject or activity -- so that students attain both
academic and occupational competencies."
Click on the link below.
It will open a pop-up window.
To get back to this website, just close the window. NSTHS presents:
A Slide Show of the
Freshman Integration Project
For more ideas on integration
visit The Vocational Information Center website at
http://www.khake.com/page32.html
which provides academic resources
to facilitate integration with vocational curriculum. Resources include links to: general academic directories,
English, language arts and literature, poetry, mathematics,
science, history, geography, social studies, inventions and
biographies.
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