INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

INTERDISCIPLINARITY OF LEARNING CONTENTS DEVELOP

SKILLS TO OUR STUDENTS

Interdisciplinarity-applied to highschool students

O Teacher- Carmen SinO Title- “ Interdisciplinarity-applied to

highschool students”O Subject- English classesO Highschool- “ Al. Marghiloman” highschoolO BuzauO Romania

H.GARDNER- Theory of multiple intelligences

O To promote deeper understanding of the fundamental concepts from different disciplines

O Interdisciplinarity implies an intersection of different subject areas by ignoring strict limits disciplines, is seeking common themes for different subjects with a higher order learning, found within the English “Higher order learning Objectives”

O Metacognitive capabilities such as decision making, problem solving, learning efficiency are some of these targets.

O Through interdisciplinary action is performed open or content of competent interdependent from two or more disciplines, involving interpenetration disciplines.

O Advantages of interdisciplinary learning:O a)Encouraging direct cooperation and exchange among

professionals coming from different disciplines,O b)contributing to the establishment of an open nature of the

research, social practices and school curriculumO c)Focusing on learning training process, the student can develop

more skills as an active participantO d)working on areas of interest, thematic or conceptual learning,

learning based on projects or problems, cooperative learning.O e)Creating mental structures-flexible and integrated

behavioral,with potential transfer and adaptation.

GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORIC APPROACH

O IN ORDER TO PROVE HOW IMPORTANT AND USEFUL INTERDISCIPLINARITY IS,I THOUGHT OF GIVING EXAMPLE OF A GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORIC APPROACH , WAYS IN WHICH THESE TWO SUBJECTS ARE USED AND RELATED TO AS DURING ENGLISH CLASSES

GEOGRAPPHICAL APPROACH

X TH GRADE

We started with H.Gardner…

TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL

…NATURE AND ANIMALS

…FOOD…

…eating out…

…within more classes…

…using groupworks…

…we successfully mixed…

English,Geography,History!

Interdisciplinarity..

O ALL IN ALL…we realised…that this conceptO -can be easily proved and used in our

classesO -represents a positive point in approaching

and tackling our lessonsO -students love it if done accordingly and

using methods they likeO - is a “plus” for all those who use itO GOOD LUCK!