Introduction to the International Baccalaureate
Shared Features of IB Programmes
- Breadth, depth and balance
- More than one language
- Local, national and international content
- Transdisciplinary / individual /collaborative inquiry and research
- Diversity, flexibility of pedagogy Bound together by the Learner Profile
- Focus on learners constructing meaning
- At the end of each programme, there is a culminating engagement
Greater focus on alignment across the programmes
PYP Transdiciplinary Skills to be referred to as Approaches to Learning as in the MYP.
The Learner Profile is a platform for engendering "international-mindedness"
What is an internationally minded person? It is a person who demonstrates the attributes of the IB learner profile.
Making the PYP Happen p. 11
Students don't necessarily start using the words perfectly from the start. Encourage their use and extend their zones of proximal development.
Making the PYP Happen p. 11
Students don't necessarily start using the words perfectly from the start. Encourage their use and extend their zones of proximal development.
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