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Introduction to the PYP (for parents new to the program)
Primary Years Programme小學教育項目
Learning about... Learning to (skill)... Learning to be (profile/disposition)...
What are the 5 essential elements of the PYP?
How can I apply what I am learning to what I have seen/heard from KJS?
As an inquirer how can I ensure my questions are answered?
Concentric Circles
In a PYP classroom we recognize and value that our learners bring unique experiences , perspectives and knowledge to classroom.
-Your name-Your child’s name-Class
What do you think you know about the PYP?
Questions/Wonderings
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What connections can you make to your own experiences at school?
What did you hear that extends your current understanding of an IB education or extends your thinking in some way?
What challenges your thinking or what questions does this raise for you?
What is an IB/PYP education?
Programmes span the years of kindergarten to pre-university. The programmes can be offered individually or as a continuum.
●The Primary Years Programme (PYP) for pupils aged 3 to 12.
●The Middle Years Programme (MYP) for students aged 11 to 16.
●The Diploma Programme for students aged 16 to 19.
●The Career Related Programme for students aged 16-19.
For more information:http://www.ibo.org/about-the-ib/
A routine for:uncovering prior knowledge and questioning
What do we want our children to be like as adults?
What skills, attitudes, dispositions, knowledge do we want our children to have?
Philosophy of the PYPThe philosophy behind the PYP can be examined in two parts.
∗ Firstly, the mission statement of the IBO expresses the IBO’s overall purpose as an organization promoting and developing programmes of international education.
∗ Secondly, there is a set of beliefs and values which the
IBO call “International Mindedness”
Philosophy of the PYPThe philosophy behind the PYP can be examined in two parts.
∗ Firstly, the mission statement of the IBO expresses the IBO’s overall purpose as an organization promoting and developing programmes of international education.
∗ Secondly, there is a set of beliefs and values which the
IBO call “International Mindedness” – let’s look at this first!
An Internationally minded Person● From the IB’s perspective an
internationally minded person is a person with the attributes and dispositions described in the IB learner profile.
Standard A4: The school develops and and promotes international mindedness and all attributes of the IB learner profile across the school community.
Can you identify the Learner Profile in the IBO Mission?The International Baccalaureate Organization 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 IBO 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.
Can you identify the Learner Profile in the IBO Mission?The International Baccalaureate Organization 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 IBO 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.
The IBO Mission Statement +
The Learner Profile =
The philosophy which drives the PYP
Overview of the PYP - Learner Profile
Develop understanding through art.
The Learner Profile/Attitudes linked to
Literature and Music
Self-Assessments
Overview of the PYP - Attitudes
Inquiry within the PYP
PYP schools are committed to structured, purposeful inquiry that
engages students actively in their own
learning.
What is inquiry? 什麼是探究?
∗ “Inquiry is an approach to learning that involves a process of exploring the natural or material world, that leads to asking questions and making discoveries in the search for new understandings.”
∗ 探究是一種學習模式, 是探索自然和物質世界的過程。它引領我們發問和發現, 讓我們對這個世界有新的認知和了解。
(Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry)
What was your most significant learning moment?Think about the following questions as well:∗ How did you develop the interest?∗ What experience led to this
understanding?∗ What resources did you use for your
learning?∗ How did you know that you really
knew/understood?
∗
So...what does inquiry look like?
Flexible learning environments
Limit whole class instruction
Allowing time for students to get “stuck”
Open ended questions/problems
Students talking and thinking for themselves
Working both independently and collaboratively
So...what does inquiry look like?
Authentic context and purpose Students are aware of what they are doing and why!
Accessing students’ prior knowledge
Using student questions as a springboard for teaching
So...what does inquiry look like?
Overview of the PYP - Knowledge
What does this look like for our learners?Transdisciplinary Jig Saw
+ Who We Are+ Where We Are in Place and Time+ How the World Works+ Sharing the Planet+ How We Express Ourselves+ How We Organise Ourselves
Overview of the PYP - Approaches to learning (skills)
Those capabilities the students need to
demonstrate to succeed in a changing,
challenging world, which may be disciplinary or
transdisciplinary in nature.
Students set targets.
We co-construct what it means WITH the children.
Overview of the PYP - Concepts
Key concepts are:● broad● universal● timeless● transferable
IdentityAdditionDinosaursPowerChristmasFairytalesPerspective
PersuasionSystemsMigration from ChinaCultureResponsibilityHealthy eating
Concept or Not?
IdentityAdditionDinosaursPowerChristmasFairytalesPerspective
PersuasionSystemsMigration from ChinaCultureResponsibilityHealthy eating
Concept or Not?
IdentityAdditionExtinctionPowerCelebrationsStorytelling/ImaginationPerspective
PersuasionSystemsMigrationCultureResponsibilityWellbeing
Concept or Not?
Overview of the PYP - Action
Action Scenarios
Research Direct
Indirect Advocacy
• Posters• Petitions to local
government• Teach younger children
about eating healthy• Volunteering at an elderly
home
• Green Team• Collections for charities• Creating google slides to
show the class what they’ve been learning at home
• Set up a recycling program at school
What type of action would this be?
K.J.S. vision and mission - where are the PYP elements?
∗ highlight words in our mission statement that reflect the philosophy and elements of the PYP
∗ What conclusions can we make?
What skills will they need?
Education and Training in a Changing World: What Skills Do We Need?Published by: Unesco
What connections can you make to your own experiences at school?
What did you hear that extends your current understanding of an IB education?
What challenges your thinking or what questions does this raise for you?
What is an IB education?
FORM – What is it like?
FUNCTION – How does it work?
CHANGE – How is it changing?
CAUSATION – Why is it the way it is?
CONNECTION - How is it connected?
PERSPECTIVE – What are the points of view?
RESPONSIBILITY – What is our responsibility?
REFLECTION – How do we know?
