Integrative and Interdisciplinary Curriculum in the Middle School

Lisa M. Harrison is Associate Professor of Teacher Education at the Patton College of Education at Ohio University, US.Ellis Hurd is Professor of Teaching and Learning at the College of Education, Illinois State University, US.Kathleen Brinegar is Associate Professor of Education at Northern Vermont University, US.

• IntroductionLisa M. Harrison, Ellis Hurd, and Kathleen M. BrinegarSECTION I: SCHOLARSHIP CENTERED IN MIDDLE GRADES CLASSROOMS1. The Responsible Change Project: Building a Justice-Oriented Middle SchoolCurriculum through Critical Service-Learning Heather Coffey and Steve Fulton2. Middle School Curriculum Aimed at Developing Agents of ChangeMichelle Rupenthal and Shelly Furuness3. An Intervention to Support Mathematics Self-Efficacy in Middle SchoolLia D. Falco4. Using Claims and Evidence to Support the Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Teacher Reflections Following an Interdisciplinary English–Science Argumentation UnitRyan Summers, Kathy Rodems, Sharlene Denos, and Amy AtkinsonSECTION II: MIDDLE LEVEL TEACHER PREPARATION5. Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Using Poetry to Integrate Reading and Writing Across the CurriculumWilliam P. Bintz and Gumiko Monobe6. Rethinking Content Teaching at the Middle Level: An Interdisciplinary ApproachKelly M. Moser, Jessica Ivy, and Peggy F. Hopper7. A Community and Place-Based Approach to Middle Childhood Science Teacher EducationDanielle Dani