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ERIC Number: ED137243
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976
Pages: 231
Abstractor: N/A
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Toward Better High Schools: An Interdisciplinary Perspective.
Illinois Univ., Chicago. Interdisciplinary Secondary Teacher Education Planning Committee.
This document presents the negative effect on many adolescents of the typical secondary school program and outlines a proposed curriculum for education majors. The problem dealt with is the departmentalized structure of high schools, which results in fragmenting the student's life at school into a series of subject-matter-centered meetings. The curriculum is devised to prepare teachers for interdisciplinary teaching, thus enabling them to spend more time with one unified group of students. Broad training and certification would make teachers qualified to teach in one major area, plus one or more minor areas. The graduates from this teacher education curriculum would be expected to work in high school programs where greater attention would be paid to interdisciplinary coordination and to stimulating cooperative activities among students and teachers. Presumably, such cooperative activities would serve to diminish student isolation and assist in realigning subject area responsibilities among high school faculty. The ultimate goal of the program is to improve the school experience of the high school students by improving the quality of contact with teachers and other students. The curriculum is outlined, using the subjects of art design, history, physical education, english, and education courses as examples of how different disciplines may be coordinated. Proposed high school programs for the student teacher are described. (JD)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Sponsor: Chicago Community Trust, IL.
Authoring Institution: Illinois Univ., Chicago. Interdisciplinary Secondary Teacher Education Planning Committee.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A