What is an IB-PYP Education?

Presented by Laura Munaro and Simon Clark at a La Scuola Educational Series Event on January 7, 2015

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   About Simon Clark
   Graduated with a degree in Theology with Qualified Teacher
   Status from the University of Leeds.
   Over 14 years experience in education in 4 different countries
   Over 6 years experience in an IB world school
   Collaborated on an article for the IB World Magazine entitled
   “Mind Games” (March 2012) looking at how to make learning
   child centered.
   Part of a new IB scheme to Build a Quality Curriculum
   IB site visitor and workshop leader
   Currently Assistant Head of School and PYP Coordinator at
   Shu Ren International School, Berkeley.
   

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   About Laura Munaro
   Graduated with a Master degree in Education
   from the University of Bologna
   Secondary School Qualified Teacher Status
   (Philosophy, Psychology and Education) from the University of
   Bologna
   DITALS II – Qualified status to teach Italian as a L2
   from the University for Foreigners of Siena - International University
   Graduated with a Master degree in Primary Education with
   Qualified Teacher Status from the University of Bologna
   Over 12 years experience in education
   Over 7 years experience in an IB world school
   and immersion education
   IB site visitor and workshop leader
   Currently Grade 1-3 teacher and PYP Coordinator at
   La Scuola International School, San Francisco.
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   What is an IB
   Education?
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   https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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   What does it mean?
   It means that in the words of the
   educationalist, Sir Ken Robinson, we
   need to change the paradigm of
   education by moving away from a
   production line mentality.
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   The IB Mission
   The 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.
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   About the IB
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   1997 Students’ age range: 3-11 y.o.
   2006 Students’ age range: 16 – 19 y.o.
   1994 Students’ age range: 10-16 y.o.
   1968 Students’ age range: 16-19 y.o.
   

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   An IB education
   •  Centers on learning that is holistic in
   nature - it is concerned with the whole
   person.
   •  Develops effective approaches to
   teaching and learning through inquiring,
   acting and reflecting
   •  Works within global contexts creating
   learning communities in which students
   can increase their understanding of
   language and culture, helping them to
   become more globally engaged.
   •  Explores significant content that is broad
   and balanced , conceptual and
   connected.
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   Why IB?
   IB learners strive to become inquirers,
   knowledgeable, thinkers,
   communicators, principled, open-
   minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced,
   and reflective. These attributes
   represent a broad range of human
   capacities and responsibilities that go
   beyond intellectual development and
   academic success.
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    Why IB?
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    Acceptance Rates: Graduates of
    International Baccalaureate Diploma
    Program have a higher university and
    college acceptance rates than other
    applicants and have increased
    opportunities of being granted
    scholarships and grant opportunities.
    

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    The PYP is designed for students aged 3 to 12. It focuses on
    the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the
    classroom and in the world outside. It is a framework guided by six
    transdisciplinary themes of global significance, explored using
    knowledge and skills derived from six subjects areas, as well as
    transdisciplinary skills, with a powerful emphasis on inquiry.
    What is the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP)?
    

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    • Addresses students’ academic,
    social and emotional well-being
    • Encourages students to develop
    independence and to take
    responsibility for their own learning
    • Supports students’ efforts to gain
    understanding of the world around
    them and their place in it.
    • Helps students establish personal
    values as a foundation upon which
    international-mindedness will develop
    and flourish.
    The IB Primary Years
    Programme
    

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    Connections between IB and
    Reggio Emilia
    •  Both emphasize the importance of inquiry and
    starting with the interest of the child.
    •  They acknowledge the importance of the
    holistic approach to education.
    •  They both have their roots in the constructivist
    theory of education.
    •  Central to the IB and Reggio Emilia philosophy is
    the importance of reflecting to extend ones
    own learning.
    •  Both the IB and Reggio Emilia philosophy begin
    by stimulating and provoking the learner to
    explore more about something through
    provocations.
    •  The teacher is seen as collaborator or facilitator
    of the learning in their class. Research and
    questioning are important skills in consolidating
    knowledge.
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    •  The PYP presents schools with a
    comprehensive plan for high
    quality, international education.
    •  It provides schools with a
    curriculum framework of essential
    elements — the knowledge,
    concepts, skills, attitudes, and
    action that young students need to
    equip them for fulfilling and
    successful lives.
    •  Schools work with the five elements
    to construct a rigorous and
    academically challenging primary
    years curriculum for international
    education.
    The curriculum
    

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    TRANSDISCIPLINARY
    THEMES
    Who we are
    Where are we in place and time
    How we organize ourselves
    How the world works
    How we express ourselves
    Sharing the planet
    Communication
    Social
    Self-management
    Research
    Thinking
    TRANSDISCIPLINARY
    SKILLS
    Program of Inquiry - Conceptual understanding
    Caring
    Knowledgeable
    Open-Minded
    Inquirer
    Communicator
    Thinker
    Reflective
    Risk-Taker/
    Courageous
    Balanced
    FORM – What is it like?
    FUNCTION – How does it work?
    CHANGE – how is it changing?
    REFLECTION – How do we know?
    CONNECTION – How connected to
    others?
    PERSPECTIVE – What are the POV’s
    RESPONSIBILTY – What is ours?
    Appreciation
    Confidence
    Commitment
    Empathy
    Independence
    Respect
    Cooperation
    Creativity
    Curiosity
    Enthusiasm
    Integrity
    Tolerance
    Primary years curriculum framework
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    What Behaviors do we show?
    What will we understand?
    What kind of person are we aiming to become?
    How will we learn?
    What skills help us to learn
    What can we learn about?
    

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    What are PYP the
    curriculum components?
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    The PYP is organized
    according to:
    •  The written curriculum,
    which explains what PYP
    students will learn
    •  The taught curriculum,
    which sets out how
    educators teach the PYP
    •  The assessed curriculum,
    which details the
    principles and practice of
    effective assessment in
    the PYP
    

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    The written curriculum
    The written curriculum is made up of five essential
    elements and details what students will learn.
    The five essential elements of the PYP are:
    •  Knowledge
    •  Concepts
    •  Skills
    •  Attitudes
    •  Action
    

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    The taught
    curriculum
    At the heart of the
    curriculum
    is the learner
    constructing
    meaning
    

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    Assessment is
    integral to planning,
    teaching and learning,
    and needs to be varied
    and purposeful
    The assessed
    curriculum
    

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    What does inquiry learning look like?
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    •  It is based on the students’ prior
    experience.
    •  It is collaborative
    •  Focuses on the development of skills
    •  Is hands on through educational visits
    •  Uses artifacts and visitors to interest the
    learner
    •  Encourages the students to ask questions
    •  Assesses what the children know before,
    during and after the inquiry
    

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    What does inquiry learning look like?
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    Clocks and
    calendars were
    invented long
    ago to organize
    and understand
    the world.
    

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    How do we do it?
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    Standard teaching and learning"
    

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    Trans-Disciplinary teaching & learning"
    

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    Primary Years Program (PYP)
    The program focuses the development of the whole
    child as an ‘inquirer’, both in the classroom and in the
    world outside.
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    Guided by 6 trans-disciplinary
    themes of global significance!
    1.  Who we are?!
    2.  Where we are in place and time?!
    3.  How we express ourselves?!
    4.  How the world works?!
    5.  How we organize ourselves?!
    6.  Sharing the planet ?!
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    Explored using knowledge and
    skills derived from 6 subject areas !
    

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    An example to bring it to life
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    Example
    How we organize ourselves
    ‘Communities’
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    While working on their own Communities stories, the
    students inquired also about grammar:
    "Why do we use the period?" Teacher
    "To take a breath. Well, if there was no 'punto' you would
    be breathless after a while. When you read something,
    you need to take a breath." - Leo
    "It’s the end of a sentence. When you finish to talk about
    something you put a period. And then you start writing
    about something else." - Elliot
    

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    Inquiring into natural
    communities and building our
    community garden
    "We can do things together e we can have
    many things if we are a community” – Ale
    " A community is when you work together
    and you do things faster” - Luca
    

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    “One shape is round and one
    shape has points.” - Sophie
    “This shape has no sides. This
    shape has four sides. This shape is
    a continuous curve. This shape
    has sides that bend”- Jasper
    

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    If you had a wall to paint on
    which story you'd like to tell?
    

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    Italian school, International education
    

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