The integrated approach to teaching aims to provide learner-centered education where students learn by doing in contexts they find interesting. It allows students to make connections between different subject areas and build on their own experiences. Some benefits include engaging students in relevant learning, encouraging understanding of interrelationships, and providing opportunities for students to demonstrate competence beyond tests. Effective integration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) can enhance student learning, support curriculum integration across subjects, enable ubiquitous learning, and increase collaboration between teachers, students, and administrators. Key approaches include project-based, task-based, active, collaborative, inquiry-based, cooperative, and problem-based learning. The teacher takes on a facilitator role by setting open-ended, contextualized

1. The Integrated Approach to
Teaching
Prepared by
Beverly Allen

2. What is the Integrated Approach to teaching?
The integrated approach is one in which
learners learn by doing in a learnercentred environment in learner-interest
contexts.

3. What is the value of the Integrated Approach?
• It allows students to engage in purposeful, relevant learning.
• It encourages students to see the interconnectedness and
interrelationships between the curriculum areas.
• Students are able to use their prior experiences to construct learning.
• Because integrated units are child-centred, they provide opportunities for
cross-cultural sharing.
• Opportunities for students to display competence are given rather than
relying on a written or oral test.

4. The Benefits of Integrating ICTs in a school are
tremendous
• Professional development of teachers using
Professional
Development of
Teachers
ICTs
• Enhanced student learning with just in time
learning
• Curriculum integration across subject areas
Increased
collaboration
and
communication
using ICTs
• Ubiquitous learning in and out of school
• Increased availability of quality ICT
educational resources
Availability of
quality ICT
educational
resources
Enhanced
Student
Learning
WHY
ICT
Integration?
Curriculum
Integration
using ICTs
• Increased collaboration between teachers,
students, administrators and other
stakeholders using ICTs.
Ubiquitous
Learning

5. Learning Approaches for Effective ICT Integration
Project based learning
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• -Task based learning
• - Active Learning
• - Collaborative Learning
• -Inquiry-based Learning
• -Cooperative Learning
• -Problem-based Learning
• -Peer Led Team Learning

6. Learning Approaches for Effective ICT Integration
Cont’d
Team-based Learning
• -
• -Peer Instruction
• -Inquiry Guided Learning
• -Just-in-Time Teaching
• -Small Group Learning
• -Project-based Learning
• -Question-directed Instruction

7. Role of the Teacher in ICT Integration
• A facilitator of learning
• Setting learner-centred curriculum related tasks.
• Setting tasks that are open-ended in order to support problem solving and
critical thinking.
• Developing contextualized activities.
• Setting tasks that develop collaborative group skills.
• Using ICT to enhance and stimulate thinking around the issues presented
in lessons.

8. A strategy towards curriculum integration with
ICT
1. Conduct an ICT SWOT analysis at the school.
2. Develop an ICT development team to act upon the
of the SWOT analysis which may include:
findings
• Training in pedagogy for teachers
• Use of just in time training for teachers and administrators
• Procurement of ICTs if needed
• Maintenance of ICTs
• Security of ICTs

9. A strategy towards curriculum integration with
ICT cont’d
3. Establish communities of practice
4. Monitor and assess strategy

10. Why of ICT integration?
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Student engagement
Development of higher order thinking skills
Fostering of collaboration and sharing
Learning that is meaningful
st
• 21
century learners