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Introduction to PYP by Gareth Jacobson
What is
PYP?
What is international
mindedness?
How does the learner
profile work?
Why teac
h for
interna
tional
mindedn
ess?
What does an international education mean at ISM?
Think of the 9 most important traits that make an internationally minded person...
Most important
Least important
Now order your traits in order of
importance
The Learner Profile - “The heart of a PYP School”
Risk-takersKnowledgeable
Risk-takersRisk-takersRisk-takers
Communicators
Thinkers
Balanced
Reflective
Open-minded
Inquirers
Caring
Principled
MissionThe International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.
These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
Alignment of the school’s mission with that of the IB
Overview of the PYP - IB Official Video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOhS6viEg4w
“The heart of the programme”
“The brains of the programme”
The Iceberg Model of Culture
•Similar to an iceberg, nine tenths of culture operates below the surface
•In IB schools we want students to be working below the surface to a p p r e c i a t e a n d under stand cultura l s i m i l a r i t i e s a n d differences
PYP curriculum - “the brains of a PYP school”
How is the PYP curriculum defined?
WRITTEN
ASSESSED TAUGHT
“All three components inform each other”
Inquiry
The Written curriculum
Divided into six transdisciplinary themes across the year.
• Where we are in place and time• Who we are• How we express ourselves• How the world works• How we organize ourselves• Sharing the planet
The programme offers a balance between learning about or through the subject areas, and learning beyond them.
The Written curriculum
Each of the six transdisciplinary themes is presented as a unit of inquiry.
Every unit of inquiry requires all students to come to an understanding of a central idea. Example:
Where we are in place and time
Human migration is a response to challenge and opportunity
The programme offers a balance between learning about or through the subject areas, and learning beyond them.
The Taught curriculum
HOW DOES TRANSDISCIPLINARY LEARNING WORK?
PYP works to make purposeful connections between the disciplines
The Taught curriculum
Human migration is a response to challenge and opportunity
LINES OF INQUIRY
• The geography of migration• The causes of migration• How people maintain their culture in a new
country
Language Geography
ScienceMath
ArtsPSPE
What might students learn through the subjects?
Human migration is a response to challenge and opportunity
LINES OF INQUIRY
• The geography of migration• The causes of migration• How people maintain their culture in a new
country
Language Geography
ScienceMath
ArtsPSPE
What positive attitudes might they develop?
How to support your
childChildren learn by doing, so do activities with them
and not for them Ask questions that help them explore their
connections to the world and to what they are learningUse the learner profile termsHelp them become independentGive feedback, praise their efforts, not their egoView the class blog togetherFollow up on teacher suggestions
What questions are on our mind?