Integrating science with Humanities and Liberal Arts

1
Integrating science with Humanities and Liberal
Arts

• By Nita Soni
• ELED 305
• Section 42

2
What is science?

• It is a process of gaining knowledge based on
  making repeated observations about nature in
  controlled conditions and attempting to explain
  what causes those observation through
  constructing hypotheses that can be tested
  experimentally.

3
In short what is Science?

• The study of natural world through
• Observation
• Identification
• Description
• Experimental investigation and
• Theoretical explanations.

4
What is Humanities?

• The branch of learning that connects-
• Fine arts
• Languages
• Music
• History
• Literature and religion

5
What is Liberal Arts?

• The studies( as language, philosophy,
  mathematics, history and literature) in the
  school and college or university intended to
  provide chiefly general knowledge and to develop
  the general intellectual capacities.

6
Integrated Science and Humanities

• Provides memorable science learning and
  challenging creativity for students in elementary
  classroom
• Provides hands on and minds on activity, and
  collaboration learning
• Interesting learning and teaching

7
Standards

• Illinois State Board of Education Standards (
  ISBE)
• National Science Education Standards
• ( NSES)
• National science Teachers Association Standards(
  NSTA)

8
ISBE

• 13.b
• Know and apply concept that describe the
  interaction between science, technology and
  society.
• 13.b.2b
• 13.b. 2c

9
NSTA

• 2.1.2b
• Involves students regularly in comparing and
  contrasting scientific and non scientific ways of
  knowing integrates criteria of science in
  investigations and case studies.

10
NSES

• Unifying concept and process in science
• Multidisciplinary perspective increase from the
  subject-matter standards to the standard on the
  history and nature of science, providing many
  opportunities for integrated approaches to
  science teaching.

11
Integrating Science with Language Arts

• In the elementary science classroom, students can
  use literature to verify prediction, confront and
  correct their misconception about science.
• They can make inferences.
• Science books and students

12
Integrating science with music

• Whether music is designed for popular enjoyment
  or specifically for education, has a value in
  science teaching.
• Tone color and sound production enhance science
  skill such as vibration, sound, and basic
  physiology.
• Also the teachers can show their own open
  expression and enthusiastic wonder about the
  intricate detail in nature to make their students
  excite about nature.

13
Integrating science with Art

• Arts and science has a natural connection.
• Museum-grade art works are very useful in science
  education.
• Modern art form, craftwork and students
  construction can be useful in science education.
• The visual arts are an excellent way to
  supplement instruction in science and other
  subjects in elementary classroom.

14
Integrating science with history

• Development of any country
• The movement of the people and culture
• Innovations

15
Discussion

• Curriculum integration is not a new idea
• Good science can be enhanced and enlivened,
  integrated with curriculum areas, and made more
  relevant for the students
• It is a procedure associated with inquiry,
  problem solving, and decision making

16

• Questions?

17
References

• Fortner, R. W. Arts and Science a natural
  connection. Science Activities 34 (1997) 3-5.
• Liberal Arts and Science Test
• http//www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/certificate/fi
  eld01.html
• Thigpen, Jeff. The Influence of Liberal Arts
  Tradition at Guilford College. 1993.
• http//www.guilford.edu/admission/index.cfm?ID200
  0000310

18
References

• Fleener, Charlene E Bucher, Katherine T. Linking
  Reading, Science, and Fiction Books. Childhood
  Education 80 (2003/04) 76-83
• Academic Skills Integrated into Music Curriculum.
• http//www.auburnschools.org/carywoods/llgilbreath
  /acadamic_skills_integrated_I

19
References

• Manner, Jane C. Arts throughout the Curriculm.
  Kappa Delta Pi Record 39 (2002) 17-19.
• Illinois State Board Standards (ISBE)
  http//www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/science/scg13.html
  
• National Science Teachers Association
  Stantards(NSTA)
• http//www.nvc.vt.edu/nstancate/naturesci2.htmlml/
  6a.html.

20
References

• National Science Education Standards(NSES).
• http//www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/6a.
  html