What is the “thematic approach” and why is it valuable?
A theme is a subject, such as Whales, Japan, or Ancient Greece, or a concept, such as Conflict or The City. The thematic approach to teaching is a means of organizing the variety of information to be taught in a way that more closely approximates the human experience of how things happen than does the dispensing of information in isolated disciplines such as geography, history, biology, etc. For example, the study of Ancient Greece involves literature, history, science, mathematics, art, drama, music, and physical education (Olympics). A theme provides the focus for learning, giving purpose and meaning to an educational experience. Students know what they are learning and why, while they are learning it. A thematic approach can be used to exercise and develop all sorts of creativity to convey what has been learned and the experience of learning it. Prose, poetry, art, dance, drama, or music are all possibilities. The theme creates a need to inquire, to do purposeful research, to commun
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