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| Jono Broom | Sep 26 2014, 02:15 PM Post #1 |
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How do you do cross curricular learning in your secondary community? |
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| Alleyne | Sep 30 2014, 10:06 AM Post #2 |
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Funny you should ask! We do this through integrating subjects in our learning streams (works like a class, but only runs from Term to Term and is vertically streamed from NCEA level 1-3). There are some obvious examples, such as combining the Sciences with English. You could use the Science report as evidence for AS90053 (level 1, produce formal writing), AS91101 (level 2, produce a selection of crafted and controlled writing) and AS91475 (level 3, produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing which develops, sustains, and structures ideas). If you wanted to, students could produce a digital presentation and present their findings to the class. This could also count towards "Static Image", "Oral Presentation" and you could also tack on a unit standard such as US5940 (Produce a presentation using a desktop presentation computer application). You could also look at "statistics" as a part of that module. We only have four senior teachers at our school, so we have to manage all the subjects ourselves, which has been tricky (but also amazing PD, in terms of getting to know the curriculum and other subject areas really well). You could just as easily do this in a bigger, more main stream style school. You just need two or three teachers that are willing to work together on one BIG project. This would also create coherence for students that have to move from subject to subject. It can even give them purpose in subjects they don't like, as it becomes one part of a whole! We have teachers that have taught Math through PE, Visual Arts through Social Studies, Classics and History (this can also link in with many English standards) and English through Dance and Drama. These are just a few options. It is hard to begin with, but that is the fun of it! It gets easier and easier, just think of it like a brainteaser and it can actually be quite fun! NOTE: The key to not over committing yourself, is to modify the Tasks to be very generic. That way you slowly build up a bank of standards you can draw from, rather then re-writing them to fit the topic every time. It kills! I learn't the hard way! (This note is also back up by many conversations I have had with NZQA on the matter) |
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| Karyn Gray | Oct 2 2014, 02:31 PM Post #3 |
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It would also be good practice to teach kids about adapting tasks so they can truly take control of their own learning? I think you are already doing this Alleyne? |
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