Updated: 3/30/2000 cy
~ TRANSDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM  ~
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More than subject integration, the PYP transciplinary philosophy 
looks for overarching themes through which to reach all aspects of the curricula. 
There are six basic questions which guide the creation of a school's Programme of Inquiry:


Who are we? Where are we in place and time? How do we express ourselves? How does the world work? How do we organize ourselves? How should we share the planet?

Here are some sites which explore the value of a transdisciplinary curriculum:

           The Transdisciplinary Evolution of the University: Condition for Sustainable Development
From a talk by Basarab Nicolescu at the International Congress, "Universities' Responsibilities to Society" 
International Association of Universities, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 
November 12-14, 1997. 

Declarations and Recommendations from the International Congress of Universities, 1997

UNESCO:  Learning Without Frontiers

Integrated Curriculum, Performance Assessment, and Authentic Learning (1996)
Park School in Baltimore, Maryland

Planning Integrated Curriculum (1993)
Susan Drake, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

INTERDISCIPLINARITY (1998)
Harriett J. Robles, West Valley College 

National Center for Crossdisciplinary Teaching & Learning




 
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