8. learning in pyp and myp
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The document discusses learning approaches in the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) and Middle Years Programme (MYP). In the PYP and MYP, learning focuses on concepts rather than just accumulating information, and uses real-life contexts to help students make sense of the world. The MYP aims to encourage interdisciplinary learning through its 16 key concepts, interdisciplinary projects each year, and by connecting topics taught across subjects.
8. learning in pyp and myp
- 1. Learning in PYP and MYP Traditional approach to teaching Learning in the IB Programmes Learning is primarily about having information, and schooling is about helping students meet the information-accumulation requirements to move to the next grade or educational level. The curriculum is focused on concepts, and strives to provide students with tools to help them make sense of the natural, social and cultural worlds around them. Real-Life Contexts for Learning We need to prepare our students for a future that we cannot predict. If they are going to be able to apply what they learn in school beyond the classroom, they need to be flexible. To be able to transfer their knowledge and understanding across disciplines and subject groups they need to learn how to organize and use knowledge conceptually. They need to engage in higher order thinking, helping them to connect facts and topics with more complex conceptual understanding. Sixteen key concepts form the basis of teaching in the MYP. They form the backbone of the eight MYP subject groups. Aesthetics Change Communication Communities Connections Creativity Culture Development Form Global interactions Identity Logic Perspective Relationships Time, place and space Systems In the MYP subjects are taught by subject specialists, but we aim to encourage interdisciplinary learning by making the connections between disciplines explicit and by synchronising the sequence in which topics are taught. In each year of MYP, there is an inter-disciplinary project, enabling teachers and students to work together on a big idea, and helping to prepare students for the interdisciplinary e-assessment, which is a mandatory requirement for MYP certification. The table below shows the approach to subjects across the IB continuum: PYP Transdisciplinary MYP Interdisciplinary DP Disciplinary ` Each year in MYP and DP, there will be 4 “Big Idea” days during which the normal timetable will be suspended in order to give time us to work on projects.