How does middle-level philosophy affect curriculum?

    Middle-level philosophy can affect curriculum in different ways. The middle level philosophy in my view is preparing young adolescents to the real world (or adulthood) and/or about their development. It affects curriculum by putting some limits on the creative task in the classroom. Many of the articles we had read for this journal was about integrative curriculum. Integrative curriculum " focuses on coherent ideas and concepts irrespective of arbitrary subject boundaries and enables students to see connections and real-world applications. Integrative learning opportunities..." (Curriculum integration by AMLE).  Which means that us teachers can engage the students in in-depth study, address reading and writing, encourage and enhance critical thinking, etc. With doing this, we get a lot of personalized thinking. Our goal as teachers is to get the students to understand their work and be able to retrieve this information in their own words. 

    In the field, I see Robert asking the students many follow up questions when they are stuck. He tries to get them to put the information in their own words and retrieve the information they had already learned. He also uses real world examples when teaching different things so the students can connect the information to things they already know. 

    In my classroom, I want to be able to let my students learn individually. That can be done in stations or self learning groups that I am not teaching but I am observing. Letting my students think by themselves can help them understand the concept better. I also will have engaging but fun activities for them to do so they are alert and aware of the lessons. I think letting them see connections and apply them to real-world things can help all students with the retrieval process when taking a quiz or an exam. I still do this in my college courses as it helps me understand different things.