The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences EpSBS ISSN: 2357-1330 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2019.08.03.125 EDU WORLD 2018 The 8 th International Conference INTEGRATED APPROACH - CHALLENGES IN PEDAGOGICAL DESIGN OF LEARNING Veronica Peicu (a)* *Corresponding author (a) ”Ion Podaru” Technological High School, Națională 114, Ovidiu, Constanța, România, catver99@yahoo.com Abstract When the students are taught using a class by class, subject by subject basis, they learn less than using whatʼs called integrated curriculum. An integrated curriculum places less emphasis on teaching just the subject, and more emphasis on the connections that exist among different subject areas. An integrated approach to teaching helps students learn to put a variety of ideas together. Integrated approach to learning involves planning for learning experiences and allow children to explore topics as a whole and in meaningful content and not by subjects. We can say that all the definitions of integrated curriculum or integrated teaching include the following: a combination of subjects, flexible student groupings, more than one curricular subject, an emphasis on subjects, sources that go beyond textbooks. The integrated approach is similar to the unit study approach, but takes it one step further, focusing on thinking skills as well, helping children understand connections between the subjects, and not just focusing on the how or the what, but also on the why. It is necessary to explain the concept of integrated learning, its needs and relevance, to describe different types of integration and their use in meaninful learning, to use the techniques to integrate learning experiences within one subject and integrating different subjects, to identify the characteristics of integrated textbooks and learning materials. © 2019 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK Keywords: Integration, curriculum, interdisciplinary, synergy, learning, teaching.