Planning Curriculum Connections: Whole School Planning for Integrated Curriculum

Kath Murdoch & David Hornsby Planning Curriculum Connections
Armadale, VIC: Eleanor Curtain Publishing 1977
ISBN 1-875327-49-5

Planning Curriculum Connections is a practical resource which will assist teachers with and implementing integrated curriculum within individual classrooms and across the whole school. It shows how teachers can develop efficient planning structures that support and facilitate their work - shifting the focus on planning from the short term to the long term.

The book provides advice on choosing topics, managing time, planning effective units of work, timetabling, record-keeping, the role of specialist teachers, developing skills and strategies, and assessment and evaluation. It challenges some of the myths that have arisen about integrated learning and responds to commonly asked questions such as:

  • What does an integrated curriculum look like?
  • Does my whole program need to be integrated?
  • How can I ensure that I have a balanced curriculum?
  • How do I keep records of student progress? What do I look for?
  • To what extent should students be involved in the planning?
  • How can we assess learning in an integrated curriculum?
  • How can we plan a balanced whole-school program in integrated curriculum?
  • How do we know we are covering required content?