This module is the first section of a four-part how-to manual for integrating curriculum in grades K-12, especially in Missouri. The module provides a definition for integrated learning and suggests ways to categorize types of integration. It also examines the benefits of integration for everyone involved and dispels many of the common myths about…

This module is the second section of a four-part how-to manual for integrating curriculum in grades K-12, especially in Missouri. The module focuses on how integration can occur, with topics ranging from communication to scheduling to various models, career paths, and thematic units. A case study and comments from teachers, students, and…

This module is the third section of a four-part how-to manual for integrating curriculum in grades K-12, especially in Missouri. The module outlines step-by-step procedures for integrated units, integrated years, and integrated schools. Comments from teachers, students, and administrators who are actively involved in integration in Missouri…

This module is the fourth section of a four-part how-to manual for integrating curriculum in grades K-12, especially in Missouri. The module discusses the topic of assessment and provides suggestions for assessing students, integrated teaching, and integrated programs. Comments from teachers, students, and administrators who are actively involved…

This publication consists of the main and mini reports for Missouri's Show-Me Standards and vocational education competencies for marketing education. This database documents the common ground between academic skills and vocational competencies. Both components of the Show-Me Standards--knowledge (content) and performance (process)--have been…

This manual was developed to provide Missouri consumer and homemaking education teachers with documentation of the core competencies and skills that they teach. The key skills were developed from the following areas: English/reading/language arts; mathematics; science; and social studies/civics. Documentation was accomplished through analysis of…

This guide is designed to assist in defining the role and responsibilities of vocational preparation (VP) teachers in Missouri. Section 1 discusses the role of the VP teacher in instructing and preparing students from special populations in prevocational skills essential to completing a vocational program. Section 2 summarizes relevant…

This publication consists of the main and mini reports for Missouri's Show-Me Standards and vocational education competencies for business education. This database documents the common ground between academic skills and vocational competencies. Both components of the Show-Me Standards--knowledge (content) and performance (process)--have been…

This publication consists of the main and mini reports for Missouri's Show-Me Standards and vocational education competencies for health occupations. This database documents the common ground between academic skills and vocational competencies. Both components of the Show-Me Standards--knowledge (content) and performance (process)--have been…

This publication consists of the main and mini reports for Missouri's Show-Me Standards and vocational education competencies for industrial education. This database documents the common ground between academic skills and vocational competencies. Both components of the Show-Me Standards--knowledge (content) and performance (process)--have been…

These two documents deal with the relationship between Missouri's Show-Me Standards (the standards defining what all Missouri students should know upon graduation from high school) with the vocational competencies taught in secondary-level family and consumer science (FACS) education courses. The first document, which is a database documenting the…