From Isolation to Integration

This project is the culmination of my work this semester and, honestly, it began with frustration.

As Berger (2014) reminds us, better questions lead to better thinking. Instead of continuing to complain about a perceived problem in education, I decided to ask a more precise question.

To explore that question, I surveyed teachers and examined both quantitative and qualitative data. The results were clear, and what I found was tension. 

This project does not offer a neat solution. Wicked problems rarely do. Instead, it examines the space between belief and system design. To keep asking better questions about the structures we’ve accepted as normal…and whether they actually serve the way children learn.

Below you’ll find two versions of my presentation: one for independent exploration and one with narration. My hope is not to “solve” this issue in one semester, but to continue asking better and more beautiful questions (Berger, 2014).

Figure 1. Cover image of my Prezi presentation, From Isolation to Integration: Reimagining Elementary Curriculum Structure. Click the image to explore the interactive presentation.

Figure 2. Screenshot linking to my narrated presentation, Wicked Problem of Practice, hosted on Michigan State University’s MediaSpace platform.