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2007 Newsletter

Our mission is to connect education to life realities of students and communities by preparing future teachers to integrate real life issues seamlessly into classes across the k-12 curriculum.
Funded by the Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education, The Network for Dissemination of Curriculum Infusion trains College of Education faculty to prepare future teachers in a Curriculum Infusion (CI) methodology. Through CI methodology real life issues including substance abuse, violence, HIV/AIDS, bullying, and social ostracism are substituted for some existing content consistent with class learning objectives and state standards. Future teachers involve students as active learners, engaged in critically analyzing problems. They gain greater understanding of racial and cultural diversity and learn to incorporate into CI lesson plans current research on the most effective ways to reach students to foster resiliency and support individual and community prevention.
This website is designed to be a useful tool for College of Education faculty, pre-service teachers, and in-service teachers. The Website:
  • Describes the components of the Real Life Issues CI Model
  • Provides Current data on pressing life issues confronting k-12 students
  • Assists pre and in service teachers in the seamless integration of relevant life curriculum into k-12 classes across subject areas, providing examples and a template for lesson plan design.
  • Assists College of Education faculty in design of course content that prepares future teachers to integrate relevant life curriculum into k-12 classes
  • Provides resources and links to evidence based prevention strategies and best practices
 

Network for Dissemination of Curriculum Infusion
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. St. Louis, Building C, 5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60625-4699
Telephone: 773-442-4908/ Fax: 773-442-4900/ email: b-joleaud@neiu.edu
or bjoleaud@hotmail.com


“This project Real Life Issues Curriculum Infusion is sponsored in part by the Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education.”

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