integrated+unit+planning

Some teaching and learning strategies and methods to consider include:

 * participatory learning - opportunity for students to set own learning goals, plan, organise and self assess
 * cooperative learning - work together to achieve goals
 * inquiry based learning - opportunities to investigate issues or questions
 * opportunities for action and problem solving
 * discussing views and beliefs - debates, panels, conferencing, role playing, brainstorming
 * first hand experience
 * links with local community
 * use of real life issues
 * use of secondary sources eg video, photos as well as written sources
 * explicit teaching
 * guided and shared reading, listening, viewing

A constructivist view of learning recognises that

 * knowledge is actively constructed and learning requires active participation
 * meaning of the world can be made individually and with others in a social context
 * there are multiple ways of thinking and learning (multiple intelligences)
 * prior knowledge and experience help us to understand and interpret the world around us
 * learning needs to be purposeful and connected to our world
 * learning is inspired by curiosity and wonder
 * learning can be enhanced when it is collaborative and cooperative
 * learning requires understanding and empathy of other points of view
 * learning requires opportunities to reflect on our understandings and the learning process

Reference: Lang, J. (2007) How to succedd with Education for Sustainability, Curriculum Corporation, Australia.

Learning outcomes
What [|NTCF outcomes] might your learners be working towards? What does their learning look like at different band levels?
 * What do we want them to know and do?
 * How will we know that they have learnt?
 * How can we best help them to learn?

[|BIG_IDEA_planning.doc]
 * A planner** **to consider these questions and share with teaching teams** when thinking about planning integrated units of work for the rethinking waste focus in 2010.

[|Unit of work guide.doc] [|Learning by Design.doc]
 * When you are ready to design an integrated unit of work** you might like to see if these templates would suit.