Curriculum Integration: Designing the Core of Democratic Education

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Summary: A key point of departure
Review: This book serves as node in a network to other research and curriculum related research and activity. I found Beane's references to other influential works extremely helpful. In particular I enjoyed following the historical roots of curriculum integration that he delineates in this book. While it took some time to find the works of L. Thomas Hopkins, I am finding them extremely informative, particularly Integration:It's Meaning and Application. This work connects well to most anything written regarding Problem Based Learning (PBL) and connects well to other writings such as the 1995 ASCD yearbook, Toward a Coherent Curriculum and Arthur Applebee's Curriculum as Conversation. Beane definitely will leave the reader with lots to think about when pondering the complexities of curriculum.