Importance Of Curriculum Integration

Curriculum Integration in Vocational and Technology Education:

Implication for Teaching and Learning

Riley Stein

University of West Florida

ECT4930

Lit Review- Article 2

Curriculum Integration in Vocational and Technology Education Current 21st century technological and communication skills that are required by students are being impacted by the schools because the constricted spotlight on academic and psychomotor skills is distressing the curriculum. The article I found goes over with how curriculum integration could help effective teaching and skill development in vocational education. It focuses on some of the main concepts of curriculum integration such as key requirements for successful integration, benefits of integration, and

B., Emmanuel, R., Francis, A., & Okwori, R. O., Curriculum Integration in Vocational and Technology. Pg 17) It can also be described as a curriculum approach that purposely brings together skill, attitude, knowledge, and value from subject areas to create a more powerful understandings of the ideas. On Page 18 of the article it states that “Curriculum integration enhances a unified perception of knowledge. Curriculum integration actually implies summation of wholeness.” (Numgwo, A. B., Emmanuel, R., Francis, A., & Okwori, R. O., Curriculum Integration in Vocational and Technology.) To integrate curriculum means being able to bring together all learning experiences and create useful relationships among different subjects towards a single point of view. There is not just one right way to integrate the curriculum in a school, but the key requirements for successful integration should include: content integrity, authenticity, criterion of validity, significance, interest and

In many schools, vocational and academic educations are in two separate worlds. The articles states that “Vocational and academic teachers are “separated physically, socially, organizationally, and educationally,” and may be reluctant to collaborate.” (Numgwo, A. B., Emmanuel, R., Francis, A., & Okwori, R. O., Curriculum Integration in Vocational and Technology. Pg 24) Administrators should draw attention to the importance of all teachers working together and should promote sharing information within their schools to keep open communication between them, and help create a way for integration to happen. Another problem facing integration is that in rural communities they may have less economic help to create and keep up with the latest integrated vocational and academic programs available to them. Rural businesses and industry may have more reason to become involved in curriculum reform because “vocational education has been shown to play a pivotal role in arresting economic decline in some rural areas.” (Numgwo, A. B., Emmanuel, R., Francis, A., & Okwori, R. O., Curriculum Integration in Vocational and Technology. Pg