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Middle Years Programme
The unique benefits of the MYP
Contents
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IB mission statement
What are the IB programmes?
Learner profile
Fundamental concepts
Middle Years Programme definition
Programme model
Areas of interaction
Assessment
Overview
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Organization: What is the IB mission and legal status?
The IB is a not-for-profit foundation, motivated by its educational mission, focused on the student.
Mission
Core values
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.
Motivated by a mission
We aim to create a better
world through education
To this end the organization works with schools, governments and
international organizations to develop challenging programmes of
international education and rigorous assessment.
Partnerships
We achieve our goals by
working together
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.
Quality
We value our reputation
for high standards
Legal status
Participation
We actively involve our stakeholders
The IB is a non-profit making Swiss Foundation registered in
1968. The activities of the organization are determined by an Act
of Foundation approved by the Swiss authorities.
International mindedness
We embrace diversity
Further resources:
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The Annual Review including accounts is available on www.ibo.org.
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Programmes : What is the learner profile?
It’s the IB mission statement translated into a set of learning outcomes for the 21st century.
IB learners strive to be:
Inquirers
Knowledgeable
Thinkers
Communicators
Principled
Open-minded
Caring
Risk-takers
The attributes of the learner profile express the values inherent to the
IB continuum of international education: these are values that should
infuse all elements of the three programmes and, therefore, the
culture and ethos of all IB World Schools.
Balanced
Reflective
IB programmes promote the education of the whole person,
emphasizing intellectual, personal, emotional and social growth
through all domains of knowledge.
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Programmes: What is the MYP programme?
Middle Years
Ages 11 - 16
Curriculum &
Assessment
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Professional
development
School
authorization
& programme
evaluation
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Philosophy: What are the fundamental concepts of the MYP?
 Holistic learning
 Intercultural awareness
 Communication
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Definition: How is the Middle Years Programme defined?
The MYP is:
 for students aged 11 to 16
 a framework of academic challenge
 8 subject groups, plus personal project in the final year
 taught in any language
The MYP encourages students to:
 understand the connections between subjects through
interdisciplinary learning
 understand the connections between subjects and the real world
 become critical and reflective thinkers
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Philosophy: Programme model
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What are the areas of interaction?
Approaches to learning
Community and service
Health and social education
Environments
Human ingenuity (Homo faber)
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Areas of interaction: Approaches to learning
Through approaches to learning, teachers
provide students with tools to:
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Take responsibility for their own
learning
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Develop awareness of how they learn
best
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Develop problem solving and decision
making skills
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Develop awareness of thought
processes and learning strategies
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Develop critical, coherent and
independent thought
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Areas of interaction: Community & service
This area of interaction extends learning
beyond the classroom and requires
students to:
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Develop community awareness and
concern
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Develop a sense of responsibility
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Take an active part in the communities
in which they live, thereby encouraging
responsible citizenship
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Develop skills and attitudes that will
enable effective contributions to society
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Areas of interaction: Health & social education
Deals with a variety of human issues
including physical, social and emotional
health and intelligence. Students will:
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be aware of the relationship between
the individual and society
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take responsibility for their own wellbeing and for that of others
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take responsibility for their social
environment
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be able to make informed choices for
themselves with consideration for the
wider society
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Areas of interaction: Environments
Aims to develop awareness of humanity’s
interdependence with a range of
environments so that students:
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Understand issues within natural, built
and virtual environments
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Take responsibility for maintaining and
improving environments that are fit for
the future
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Take action on issues explored
through this area of interaction
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Areas of interaction: Human ingenuity (Homo faber)
Students explore the ways that human
minds have influenced our lives. Students
will:
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become aware of the nature of
ingenuity
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reflect on the impact of innovations and
creations, ideologies and ways of
thinking,
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appreciate the consequences of
actions
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Assessment: How do we assess student learning in the MYP?
 Involves a range of task types
 Assessment of knowledge,
concepts, skills and attitudes
 Criterion referenced
 Internally assessed (by teachers)
 Externally moderated for global
standardization
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Overview
International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme
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A programme for 11-16 year olds
Student-centered programme
Range of academic disciplines
Academically rigorous
Areas of interaction connect disciplines to the real world
Can be taught in any language
Flexible enough to be used with local requirements
Designed and reviewed by experienced, practicing educators
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