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?