Integrated curriculum has a long history in education
movements: “The idea that curriculum should be taught
from a holistic perspective with a child-centered approach
had been proposed by some of the pioneers in early childhood
education. The original advocate in the United States
was John Dewey” (Wortham 1996, 328). Dewey encouraged
active learning and meaningful, authentic activities and
articulated the many benefits of considering activities and
subject matter equally (Wolfe 2000). This approach made
sense then and continues to be relevant today