Creative Curriculum Integration in Atlantic Canada: A "MindShift"

Autor/inn/en	Warner, Alan; de Vreede, Cate
Titel	Creative Curriculum Integration in Atlantic Canada: A "MindShift"
Quelle	In: Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 24 (2011) 1, S.32-34 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0840-8114
Schlagwörter	Learner Engagement; Curriculum Development; High School Students; Problem Based Learning; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Youth; Teaching Methods; Creativity; Integrated Curriculum; Interdisciplinary Approach; Workshops; Sustainable Development; Interviews; Student Attitudes; Environmental Education; Cooperation; Teamwork; Program Descriptions; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kreativität; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Co-operation; Kooperation; Kanada
Abstract	Curriculum integration through block programs has not taken hold in Atlantic Canada, but another approach has blossomed in Nova Scotia that is achieving some of the key benefits--interdisciplinary, holistic and problem-based learning, student engagement, community building, collaborative relationships, and real-world experiences. If block programs are not the best or viable choice for a school or community, consider a "MindShift." This is the name of a high-school sustainability education program operating in a half-dozen high schools in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It utilizes a youth team model to achieve similar benefits. "MindShift" was designed by a team of young people with support from the Halifax Regional Adventure Earth Centre and won the 2009 Nova Scotia Youth Environmental award. In 2011, a Halifax youth team visited Quebec and Ontario, presenting the program and doing workshops on implementation in high schools, which, in turn, are sprouting new "MindShift" programs. This article describes the program as an example of the youth team model, presents brief research findings from student interviews and considers ways the model could be developed further within the curriculum. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario. 1185 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, M3C 3C6, Canada. e-mail: info@COEO.org; Web site: http://www.coeo.org/publication.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10