Interdisciplinary Instruction: Teaching in the Middle School

Catalog description

This course will delve into the unique considerations of the middle-level classrooms. Discussion will center upon the adolescent learner, the middle-school design, and the curricular approaches most impactful at this level. Consideration will be given to approaches of integrating curriculum between traditional core content and specialized curriculum. Students will learn how to integrate fine arts curriculum such as imagination and creativity into core content areas. Ideas of how teachers can deepen student engagement by integrating the arts across the curriculum using activities that incorporate dance, theatre, music, storytelling, poetry and the visual arts into the everyday classroom will be explored. Additionally, this course will stress learning through body- kinesthetic learning throughout the curriculum.