1st Edition
Integrative and Interdisciplinary Curriculum in the Middle School Integrated Approaches in Teacher Preparation and Practice
Introduction
Lisa M. Harrison, Ellis Hurd, and Kathleen M. Brinegar
SECTION I: SCHOLARSHIP CENTERED IN MIDDLE GRADES CLASSROOMS
1. The Responsible Change Project: Building a Justice-Oriented Middle School
Curriculum through Critical Service-Learning
Heather Coffey and Steve Fulton
2. Middle School Curriculum Aimed at Developing Agents of Change
Michelle Rupenthal and Shelly Furuness
3. An Intervention to Support Mathematics Self-Efficacy in Middle School
Lia D. Falco
4. Using Claims and Evidence to Support the Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Teacher Reflections Following an Interdisciplinary English–Science Argumentation Unit
Ryan Summers, Kathy Rodems, Sharlene Denos, and Amy Atkinson
SECTION II: MIDDLE LEVEL TEACHER PREPARATION
5. Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Using Poetry to Integrate Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum
William P. Bintz and Gumiko Monobe
6. Rethinking Content Teaching at the Middle Level: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Kelly M. Moser, Jessica Ivy, and Peggy F. Hopper
7. A Community and Place-Based Approach to Middle Childhood Science Teacher Education
Danielle Dani
Biography
Lisa M. Harrison is Associate Professor of Teacher Education at the Patton College of Education at Ohio University, US.
Ellis Hurd is Professor of Teaching and Learning at the College of Education, Illinois State University, US.
Kathleen Brinegar is Associate Professor of Education at Northern Vermont University, US.
