Integrating curriculum: a case study of teaching Global Education |
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| Authors: | Kate Ferguson-Patrick Ruth Reynolds Suzanne Macqueen |
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| Institution: | School of Education, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Despite widespread support for integrated approaches to teaching, classroom practice reveals a lack of implementation. This paper explores challenges and opportunities in teaching an integrated curriculum, and connects this with the contemporary notion of a twenty-first century curriculum and pedagogy. A case study of Global Education (GE) is used to delineate the complexity of issues when teachers attempt to move beyond disciplinary-based teaching approaches. We examine curriculum documents, advice for teachers on curriculum implementation, preservice teachers’ experiences in schools during Professional Experiences and national guidelines for Professional Experience. Through these data, a broad picture emerges of influences on integrating curricula in classrooms. Opportunities to integrate curriculum incorporating twenty-first century pedagogies were limited by pressures on teachers with preservice teachers rarely exposed to authentic integration. Teachers’ professional standing requires clear guidelines, which allow them to pursue important twenty-first century content and skills , for young citizens and this must begin in preservice education. |
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| Keywords: | Integrating curriculum Global Education teacher education curriculum professional experience twenty-first century pedagogies |
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