IDS-Interdisciplinary Studies   IDS560 Integrated Curriculum I: Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations This first course in a two-course sequence focuses on the idea of curriculum integration in the K-12 schools. In contrast to the traditional arrangement of schooling into separate subjects and time periods of the day, there is an enduring and strengthening paradigm of education which aims for a more holistic, integrated set of learning experiences for students. This initial course focuses on the roots, reasons, characteristics, and politics of the integrated-learning paradigm. Topics include the historical evolution of both the separate-subject curriculum and the various integrated alternatives which have arisen in the past; the theories of learning and human development which support an integrated approach; the socio-political theories supporting curriculum integration; and the key ingredients of classroom curricular integration. The course takes the integrated paradigm as its own, and providing a demonstration of such holistic learning by intertwining the study of above elements, which might ordinarily be taught separately. 3 semester hours   IDS561 Integrated Curriculum II: Practical and Political Aspects of Implementation This second course in a two-term sequence focuses on the enduring concept of integrating learning in the K-12 schools. In contrast to the traditional arrangement of schooling into separate subjects and time periods of the day, there is an emerging paradigm of schooling which creates a more holistic, integrated set of learning experiences for students. This second course in the sequence focuses on the practical features observation, critical appraisal, design, implementation, and evaluation of integrated curriculum experiments in real classrooms. The course takes the integrated paradigm as its own, and providing a demonstration of such holistic learning by intertwining the study of above elements, which might ordinarily be taught separately. 3 semester hours   IDS590 Internship in Curriculum and Teaching The Internship in Curriculum and Teaching is designed specifically for students enrolled in the Leadership in Curriculum and Teaching Educational Specialist Field Program. The internship is an integrated part of the intact group experience comprising one strand among several. Rather than a culminating experience, the internship is intended to parallel coursework in group theory, leadership, classroom culture, curriculum theory and evaluation, and staff development. Interns are encouraged to work collaboratively on meaningful projects intended to affect change in school policies and procedures. NLU faculty, school personnel associated with the internship site, and participating interns will be responsible for monitoring the internship. Each student in the Curriculum and Teaching Specialist Field Program is required to register for a total of nine semester hours. Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Curriculum and Teaching Educational Specialist Field Program and enrollment in Term I. 1-4 semester hours. Variable credit per quarter.   | ACE | ACL | AHA | AHC | AHE | AHG | APL | CCD | CCL | CIC | CIG | CIH | CIL | CIN | CIS | CIT | CIW | CSI | DEE | ECE | EDL | ELE | EPD | EPS | ESL | ESR | FND | HSA | HSC | HSD | HSG | HSM | HSP | HSS | IDS | INT | LAA | LAE | LAH | LAM | LAN | LAP | LAS | LAT | LAU | MBA | MGT | MHA | MHE | MLE | RLD | RLL | RLR | RLW | SCE | SEC | SPE | TIE |