Benefits of Integration

• Can help students recognize the links between their learning and real life /other contexts.
• Can alleviate the pressure on teachers to try and fit every subject area into their planning.
• Connects ideas in the curriculum.

• Enhances learning by introducing content from new perspectives.
• Breaks disciplinary boundaries, thereby providing teacher more flexibility.
• Students can often draw more meaning and relevance from learning.
• Acts as a reinforcement tool.

How can INTEGRATION help students?

• increases motivation 
• improvement of the learning process
• provides genuine teamwork 

Students need to see the relationships within and between disciplines

References

Cornett, C. E., Smithrim, K., & Pantaleo, S. (2000). The arts as meaning makers: Integrating literature and the arts throughout the curriculum. Toronto: Prentice Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Sutherland, K. (Ed.). (2008, October 07). An Introduction to Integrated Studies. [Video File]. Retrieved September 26, 2016, from http://www.edutopia.org/integrated-studies-introduction-video.

The Benefits of Cross-Curricular Instruction. (n.d.). Retrieved September 24, 2016, from https://sites.google.com/site/professionalpageofjohngabriel/home/the-benefits-of-cross-curricular-instruction

No Small Matter. (2016, May 6). Why you should try cross-curricular teaching | NO SMALL MATTER & Columbia College Chicago. [Video File]. Retrieved September 25, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYElu806gyU.