Title: Analyze an integrated curriculum that incorporates a child's language, learning styles, home experiences, and cultural values into developmentally appropriate learning experiences.
Course: Early Childhood, Education, and Services I (19153-I) > Section: Exploring Curricula Responsive to Children’s Needs

Analysis should include the curriculum’s effectiveness in

- promoting understanding and acceptance among all people
- helping to overcome language barriers (e.g., foreign language, dialect, speech impediment, sign language)
- incorporating various learning styles, including those of children with special needs
- recognizing various family and cultural values.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What contextual factors may influence the development and implementation of an integrated curriculum?
- What is meant by an integrated curriculum? What are the goals of an integrated curriculum?
- What standards should be used to evaluate curriculum and instruction?
- What are the goals and benefits of culturally relevant childcare?
- Which teaching strategies help foster cultural identity in children?
- How can childcare professionals incorporate multiculturalism into a curriculum?
- What types of multicultural activities are appropriate for children of different ages (e.g., infant, toddler, preschooler, school age)?
- How can childcare professionals incorporate a child's home language into the childcare setting?

Communication

- What communication skills are needed to work with children who have different learning styles?
- How can the home experiences and family values of children be used to help them learn?
- How can curriculum and instruction practices be communicated to families and the community?

Leadership

- What skills are needed as leaders to implement integrated curriculum and instruction?
- How can the effect of a particular curriculum be assessed on the development of each individual child?

Management

- What resources are needed to develop, implement, and assess an integrated curriculum?
- How can teacher be given adequate time for curriculum development and assessment?