Schools have an obligation to promote democratic social integration.
In place of a capitalistic, competitive structure, the classroom
will be based on democracy, diversity and equality. These concepts
are advocated but not always practiced in schools today nor in
society in general.
Curriculum integration offers students the opportunity to learn
the skills necessary to be part of a democracy. Students learn
how to ask big questions and how to work cooperatively to find
real answers.
Instead of approaching learning through separate subjects thus
distancing it from everyday lives, the pursuit of knowledge utilizes
what the students already know from experience and popular culture,
as well as what books and teachers have to offer.
Curriculum integration teaches students to respect diversity and
human dignity, discovering each others’ strengths as they work
together to solve a problem.
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