Transcript MYP general information

Middle Years Programme
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Middle Years Programme (MYP)
A five-year programme
Academic challenge and life skills
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Middle Years Programme (MYP)
For students aged 11 to 16
A critical phase of personal and
intellectual development
A time of uncertainty, sensitivity,
resistance and questioning
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Promotes
discipline
creativity
skills
flexibility
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A personal value system
by which students
can guide their
own lives . . .
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. . . and become thoughtful
members of local
communities and
the larger world
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Intercultural awareness
central to the programme
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based on the premise that education can
foster understanding among young
people around the world
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enabling future generations to live
more peacefully and productively
than we do today
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The MYP embraces but transcends
traditional school subjects
Flexible framework
Schools may organize subjects in
different ways
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The IBO offers
schools . . .
flexibility for languages
of instruction and
languages taught if schools
consult with
the IBO and meet
certain conditions
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The IBO validates the
school’s assessment
standards at
the school’s request
The IBO does not set or
mark examinations
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The MYP in brief
The MYP provides a
thorough study of various
disciplines
Technology
It accentuates their
interrelatedness
It acknowledges the role
of the disciplines and
transdisciplinary study
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The disciplines and further study
The IBO recognizes the importance
of respecting the independence and
integrity of each discipline as
students prepare to do further studies
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The curriculum
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The curriculum
approaches to learning
community service
health and
social education
areas of
interaction
these five perspectives are
at the core of the MYP
environment
Homo faber
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The curriculum
areas of interaction

are themes, not subjects
 pervade and recur throughout the five years
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The curriculum
areas of interaction
through the subjects
and also through

interdisciplinary teaching and projects

whole school activities
 the MYP personal project
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The curriculum
personal project

an independent piece of work
 the culmination of the student’s
involvement with the five areas
of interaction
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The curriculum
personal project
topic chosen in consultation with teachers
It may take the form of
 an essay
 an artistic production
 other form of expression
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The curriculum
Academic disciplines:
the 8 subject groups
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The Academic Disciplines
The curriculum
Academic disciplines:
the subject groups
language A
language A:
the student’s best
language, usually
the school’s
language of
instruction
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The Academic Disciplines
The curriculum
Academic disciplines:
the subject groups
language A
humanities
humanities:
history and geography
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The curriculum
Academic disciplines:
the subject groups
language A
humanities
technology:
computer
technology and
design technology
technology
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The Academic Disciplines
The curriculum
Academic disciplines:
the subject groups
mathematics:
Course that
includes the five
branches of
mathematics:
number, algebra,
geometry and
trigonometry,
probability and
statistics, discrete
mathematics
language A
humanities
technology
mathematics
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The Academic Disciplines
The curriculum
Academic disciplines:
the subject groups
language A
humanities
arts:
visual arts
performing arts
technology
mathematics
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arts
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The Academic Disciplines
The curriculum
Academic disciplines:
the subject groups
language A
humanities
sciences:
biology, chemistry,
physics
technology
sciences
mathematics
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arts
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The Academic Disciplines
The curriculum
Academic disciplines:
the subject groups
language A
humanities
physical education:
course includes
physical
health and fitness education
individual and team
sports
technology
sciences
mathematics
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arts
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The Academic Disciplines
The curriculum
Academic disciplines:
the subject groups
language A
language B
language B:
an additional
modern language
learned at school
humanities
physical
education
technology
sciences
mathematics
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arts
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Academic disciplines and
the 5 areas of interaction
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Evaluating the programme
 on-site
evaluations by teams appointed by
the IBO
 follows self-study at the school under the
guidance of the IBO
 teams: IBO personnel, teachers who work
with the MYP and professionals in
education who are familiar with the
programme
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Evaluating the programme
What the evaluation does
assesses the effectiveness of the delivery
of the MYP at the school
individual teachers or students are not assessed
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Assessing the student
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schools organize their own
student assessment and
reporting procedures,
in accordance with the
objectives of the
programme
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Assessing the student
teachers assess student
work with guidance from
the IBO
prescribed, published
criteria state final levels of
achievement in each
discipline
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Assessing the student
Formative assessment
special emphasis on it
in the MYP
used at different stages of the
learning process
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Assessing the student
Teachers:

measure the progress of the
student
 use formative assessment to
adjust teaching plans and
methods
Students:

do formative self-assessment
of their work
 reflect on their own
approaches to learning
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The portfolio of achievement
Provided by the IBO for students
completing the programme
accomplishments, noted during the
assessment process, are recorded in the
portfolio of achievement
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The portfolio of achievement
In the portfolio
 documents
from the IBO
 papers
and certificates from the school that
reflect the local programme
 self-evaluation
by the student
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The portfolio of achievement
The portfolio may also contain
academic results and
information about

community service
 the personal project
 extracurricular activities
 achievements in subjects not part of the MYP
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The Middle Years Programme certificate
schools often opt for a certificate,
accompanied by a record of
achievement
MYP certificates
are formal documents limited to
schools that elect to have their own
assessment of their students validated
by the IBO
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and at the end . . .
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. . . MYP students are prepared
emotionally and intellectually for the
demands made on older students
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Education for life
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January 2002
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Thank you to the following schools for supplying photos:
Vienna International School, Austria
Frankfurt International School, Germany
St Mary’s, Nairobi, Kenya
Casablanca International School, Morocco
Gimnazija Bezigrad, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nogales High School, Arizona, USA
Designer: Mary Tiegreen
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The International Baccalaureate Organization,
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