Subject: Educational sciences
Year: 2023
Type: Article
Type: PeerReviewed
Title: The need of integrational and correlation relations in teaching with emphasis of subject content from mathematics and physical and health education
Author: Sivevska, Despina
Author: Popeska, Biljana
Abstract: The contemporary way of life offers information and facts that require skills and competencies that previously were not needed. Therefore, there is an urgent need for changes within the educational system that will facilitate the adjustment toward the requirements of modern society. That process can be facilitated by the teacher by supporting students for active learning, learning through experience, use of new forms, strategies, and methods of work, and especially by supporting intercorrelation between educational contents. Correlation between subjects in frames of one subject, but also intrasubject relations requires knowledge from teachers for contents and goals from both subjects, but also a motivation to do this in. This also reflects a deeper understanding of teaching content and applied teaching strategies and affects students’ achievements. During the teaching process, this can be easily achieved by using the approach of integration and correlation that allows the creation of content and functional relation between current knowledge and new knowledge, to foster critical thinking, to a long-lasting knowledge, and the ability efficiently to apply that knowledge and skills in everyday living. For the needs of our study, we made analyses of the current study plans and programs used in the first cycle of studies (first three grades from 1st to 3rd grade) in primary education in Macedonia, particularly to study programs in Mathematics and Physical and health education. We aim to identify the possibilities for establishing an integration and correlation model in the elementary stage of primary school and benefits from its implementation in mathematics and Physical and health education. The following criteria were identified as basic elements for analyses: the number of classes for each subject, identifying the common standards and common goals for the subjects physical and health education and mathematics, analysis of the thematic units and the planned contents and activities, suggested methods and strategies for work, etc. Following the analyses, many possibilities for intersubjects’ relations were identified. These possibilities were identified within the standards, goals, and suggested subject contents. Applying this model in practice would also mean a greater preparedness of teachers to improve their competencies to foster the quality of their teaching and outcomes from the teaching, manifested in the knowledge and behavior of the students.
Publisher: International Journal of Scientific and Professional issues in Physical Education and Sport
Relation: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/34463/
Identifier: oai:eprints.ugd.edu.mk:34463
Identifier: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/34463/1/SPISANIE-APES-trud1.pdfIdentifier: Sivevska, Despina and Popeska, Biljana (2023) The need of integrational and correlation relations in teaching with emphasis of subject content from mathematics and physical and health education. Activities in Physical Education and Sport (APES), 13 (2). pp. 1-10. ISSN 1857-7687
