Common Sense: An Overview of Integrated Studies

The video that I viewed explained the numerous benefits of integrative most if not all the curriculum into one cohesive idea. For example, if a class was learning about car, for math they would solve problems involving selling and advertising cars, for science, the students would engineer their own car and then present their innovations to he class, for art, they would draw sketches of what their car will look like, and for social studies, they may learn the origin of one of the most significant inventions in our history.
Many times throughout my academic career, I found myself asking the inevitable question: "When will I ever use this information outside of this classroom." This method of connecting every aspect of an idea within every subject matter better helps students to realize how all that they are learning coexist and contribute to one another. Additionally, much of the lessons utilize hands on activities by way of different technological tools to get students more involved in what they are learning. The education system is finally realizing confining students to a desk for eight hours is not the only or best concept to teaching classes. Many students do not posses the attention span or learning style to comprehend material in this manner. One of the teacher commented that when her students recounts the tasks completed in her class, they always remember the projects they participated in; not the tests. I believe this is because being engaged in what one is learning takes more critical thinking and analytical judgment, than listening to various information spat at them. Overall, I have faith in this notion and believe it will one day be implemented all through the United States due to his high success rate