CURRICULUM

INTEGRATION
Danah Mae V. Emanig
Shane B. Porras
Emil WiIson A. Valbarez
COMMON ELEMENTS
OF AN
INTEGRATED
CURRICULUM
 1. A combination of
subjects or learning areas
· Lessons that involve more than one
subject area save time and can help
students understand real-world
usefulness.
• Enhanced collaboration
opportunities between teachers and
students
• Lead to more opportunities to
relate content-based learning in
our areas to students’ life
experiences with broader
applications.
 2. An Emphasis on
Projects
Involves students in designing,
developing, and constructing hands-on
solutions to a problem.
• Allow students to develop deep
content knowledge.

• Supports the development of 21st-

century skills such as critical
thinking, collaboration, creativity,
and communication.
3. Relationships Among
Concepts
• Concepts involved must have a
direct connection with each other
to foster, stimulate, and enable
meaningful learning experiences.
 4. Thematic units as
organizing principles
·Organization of the lesson around a
central theme.

·Foster student engagement by getting

focused and interested.
· Help students hold onto information
and apply across disciplines.

· Students develop comprehension.

· Transfer of knowledge.
5. Sources that go beyond
textbooks
·opens up an expansive educational
environment, going beyond the
traditional approach of textbook
learning.

·encourages a deeper interaction with

the subject matter,

·propelling students to question,

analyze, and create solutions.
6. Flexible schedules
·Lessons can go along with the
demands and needs of time.
 7. Flexible student
grouping
·Students are grouped together based
on their individual needs, abilities, and
interests.

·students to get the right support, in the

right way, at the right time.
 PLANNING
INTEGRATED
INSTRUCTION
 1. Draw content of
instruction in basic
education from the
learning competencies.
 2. Identify a theme
drawn from a core
discipline.
 3. Identify the related
disciplines or learning areas
that can help unfold the chosen
theme into instruction.
4. Collaborate with the teachers
teaching the identified learning
area addressing the chosen
theme.
5. Look for appropriate
learning materials.
 6. Use an approach to
instruction that will facilitate
integrative teaching-learning in
the classroom.
THANK YOU