Transcript Making Sense of It

The Primary Years Programme
Parents play a vital role in raising
independent, life-long learners who
make a difference in the world of
today.
An Inquiry into:
• The characteristics of a PYP student
• The skills necessary to become a
PYP parent.
• The role of parents in the
development of the learner profile
Key Concepts:
Function , Responsibility
Related Concepts:
Roles, Communication, Action
What do I need to know about the
Primary Years Programme?
What skills do I need in order to
become a PYP Parent?
How will I know when I’m being a
successful PYP Parent?
The Primary Years Programme
• Focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer,
both in the classroom and in the world outside.
• It is a Programme that provides a framework for
curriculum and assessment that is guided by six transdisciplinary themes of global significance which are
explored using knowledge and skills derived from
different subject areas, allowing students to step up
beyond the confines of learning within subject areas.
• Reflects real life by encouraging learning beyond the
traditional subjects, with meaningful, in-depth inquiries
into real issues.
• Provides opportunities for learners to construct meaning
through concept-driven inquiry, where concepts are used to
support and structure the inquiries, provide a context in which
students can understand and, at the same time, acquire essential
knowledge, skills and attitudes.
What is it like?
How does it work?
Why is it like this?
How is it changing?
How is it connected to other things?
What are the points of view?
What is our understanding?
Do we have a responsibility?
Content vs Concept
Students learn about and memorize all of the rivers and
bodies of water in British Columbia.
OR…
Students learn why people settle near
rivers and how these bodies of water
allow people to live.
Students learn about and memorize a chronological list of
dates, events and leaders that make up a country’s
government.
OR…
Students learn about the responsibility
and perspective of different types of
government and how they relate to
the citizens of the country.
Students learn and memorize bear facts: types of bears,
what they eat and where they live. They sing songs
about bears, draw pictures of bears and do math facts
with bear pictures beside them.
OR…
Students learn about how bears are part
of a natural ecosystem that is full of
plants and animals that are dependent
on each other for survival.
The Primary Years Programme
• Encourages a positive attitude towards learning by engaging the
students in inquiry and developing their awareness of the process
of learning so that they can become life-long learners
• Emphasizes, through the learner profile,
the development of the whole student –
physically, intellectually, emotionally and
ethically
• Students are encouraged to be curious, be inquisitive,
ask questions, explore and interact with the
environment physically, socially and intellectually.
• The programme encourages and develops
internationally-minded people who, recognizing their
common humanity and guardianship of the planet, help
to create a better and more peaceful world.
• It gives students the opportunity to
reflect and take action as a result of the
learning.
Knowledgeable
Balanced
Reflective
Inquirer
Thinker
Open-Minded
Principled
Communicator
Risk -Taker
Caring
• Is a role model
The PYP Parent
The PYP Parent
Motivates by Example
Be the reader, the inquirer, the artist, the scientist, the naturalist,
the ecologist, the adventurist, the friend, the environmentalist,
the writer and the thinker that you want your child to be.
Your enthusiasm is contagious!
“As we let our own light shine, we
unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.” Nelson
Mandela
PYP Parents
• Encourage independence by:
• Allowing their children to pack their own bags, lunches.
• Dropping their children off in the parking lot and allowing them
to walk to their classrooms by themselves.
• Providing opportunities where children are able to make
choices.
Support their children in their struggle for mastery
and control on their journey to become
independent, autonomous learners.
Participate in the learning by sharing their
own reflections about the topics of study.
Learn from their children.
PYP Parents
Are positive, enthusiastic and imaginative, and create
adventures to stimulate and motivate their children.
Share stories, experiences and reflections about the past,
and hopes and dreams for the future.
Listen actively and attentively, encourage and participate in
student initiated action.
Are aware of current affairs and global
issues, and are tolerant and accepting of
different perspectives .
The PYP Parent
Takes Action in the World
“The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the
image of the planet from outer space... a single entity in which air,
water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home.”
David Suzuki, Canadian environmentalist
www.davidsuzuki.org
Taking action can be done in so many ways…
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Small acts of kindness that help another person
Volunteer your time in the community
Help someone in need
Choose a cause – raise money to make a donation
Clean up a park
Spend time with someone who might feel lonely
Teach a friend or family member about something you think is
important – Awareness is the first step towards positive action!
• Teach, model and BE empathetic.
IB Schools Worldwide are working together to
explore and engage with the
IB Community Theme:
Sharing our humanity.
http://communitytheme.ibo.org/
Become a part of the action!
Success …..
The PYP Student
Enthusiasm, commitment, independence; the students
begin showing the traits of the learner profile.
Students begin to take ownership of their learning;
develop a sense of pride in their work and self.
Communication
Co-operation
Responsibility
Action
Parents play a vital role in raising
independent, life-long learners
who make a difference in the
world of today.
Resources:
International Baccalaureate: Making it PYP Happen
Primary Years Programme: A curriculum framework
for international primary education. 2007
Erickson, Lynn. Concept Based Curriculum and
Instruction: Teaching Beyond the Facts. 2002
Questions?
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