Integrare curriculară: concept și semnificații valorice [Articol]

Abstract

The integrated educational curriculum is a current topic that involves heated debates and controversial positions regarding some conceptual/epistemological, as well as methodological aspects. The article is structured around several theoretical and practical issues regarding the construct, called the integrated curriculum. The first issue concerns current general curricular approaches and approaches to curricular integration. The integrated curriculum can be developed/argued only in the case of clear visions on the concept of curriculum. The issue concerns the relationship between different areas of study, different school subjects from the perspective of integrative concepts and mechanisms. The issue concerns cognitive approaches, mental mechanisms involved in the process of knowledge: solving problem situations, case studies, etc. The issue concerns aspects of construction/reconstruction of integrated curricula at different levels of the education system. The last issue refers to the clarification of some notions: curricular integration, curriculum integration, integrated curriculum, transferable skills, transformative skills.