ABSTRACT
Teaching and learning across and beyond the individual school subjects continues to be in high demand. Large societal challenges, such as information overload, problems of orientation and motivation, mental health challenges, democracy and climate crises, and the rise of transhumanism, call for teaching approaches that support and promote the students’ overall development. A welter of different, seemingly incommensurable, theoretical approaches characterizes the educational research. Crosscurricular teaching is also understood and valued differently by various pedagogical traditions and from various normative stances. The very idea of fostering general competences or teaching to meet future challenges remains controversial. By offering a framework for clarifying the aims and goals of cross-curricular teaching, it will enable teachers and educational planners to make qualified decisions. It is centered on a comprehensive notion of cultivation or Bildung, which provides the basis for balancing and merging concerns.
