The major purpose of this study is to analyze the cross-curricular approaches by comparing the curriculum documents of major nations for the status, contents, and implementation methods. Recently, many nations have reviewed that their school curriculu...
The major purpose of this study is to analyze the cross-curricular approaches by comparing the curriculum documents of major nations for the status, contents, and implementation methods. Recently, many nations have reviewed that their school curriculum has been designed as separately fragmented subjects. As an effort to reform school curriculum, these nations have introduced cross-curricula in curriculum organization. In terms of the curriculum design, cross-curricula are expressed in a variety of ways. However, almost few studies have attempted to systematically examine and analyze the characteristics of cross-curricula. To compare and analyze the cross-curricular approaches this study examines the context of introduction of cross-curricula in schooling and investigates the characteristics of cross-curricula in aspects of status, contents, and implementation methods. This study ends with discussion about the cross-curricular approach and some implications in future directions for designing Korean national curriculum.