比恩的协商综合课程.pdf

The Beane/Brodhagen Model of Negotiated Integrated Curriculum A Curriculum Model for the Middle Years of Schooling Two key themes emerge from many of the reviews of middle years curriculum Coherence Permeability Developing curriculum that Providing room for student presents a coherent and holistic voice and choice. picture, rather than a set of fragmented, unrelated topics. The Negotiated, Integrated Curriculum Model developed by James Beane and Barbara Brodhagen addresses both these issues fully. • It is “permeable” as it is based on students’ own questions about themselves and about the world and on teachers’ understandings of questions the “world poses to students”. It is a negotiated curriculum model. • It is “coherent” as it is not bounded by subject divisions, but reflects the natural relationship between different disciplines of knowledge. It is an integrated curriculum model. The process involves ten stages: Stage one involves students Some typical questions include: brainstorming a list of questions • Will I go to university? about themselves. This is an • What jobs will I have in the future? individual activity. We have • Why do people get divorced? found it helpful to alert students • When will I die? to this question a day or two beforehand, so they can reflect on their response. This last question comes up quite often and is usually a response to a young adolescent’s growing sense