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Me as a PYP educator

  To be agents of your own professional learning, we invite you to select two or three teacher capabilities, based on the IB approaches to teaching, from the list below, that you would like to focus on developing in your classroom or school after this workshop.   I will situate learning in global contexts that supports students' understanding of human commonalities (for example, through transdisciplinary themes) I will focus on using the transdisciplinary themes at the core of my planning and teaching. By emphasising the themes I believe that the learning and individual subjects will take on more meaning for the students if they are able to make links to wider contexts. I believe that children will need to understand themselves and the concept of community first to be able to think more globally.  I will support students to initiate and engage in their own inquiries I strongly believe in a growth mindset and the role of the teacher to equip students with the skills n...
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Module 3 Reflection

  How is my understanding of PYP principles and practices evolving? I have really enjoyed this module, understanding more about student-led inquiry. I think that this is the way that students learn best! In what ways can I apply learning from this workshop in my own learning and teaching? I will ensure that I ask questions and encourage students to ask questions throughout the learning process. This will enable me to adapt planning and enables students to become reflective practionioners. How is agency supported and nurtured through this workshop? Agency is supported and nurtured through this workshop by giving the teacher the role of the facilitator.  How are you using inquiry as a pedagogical approach that encourages students to be responsible for and actively involved in their own learning? By allowing students to ask their own questions linked to the central idea and transdisciplinary themes and applying their research skills to lead their inquiry-based learning. How are y...
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Module 2 Reflection

How is my understanding of PYP principles and practices evolving? I am able to relate the PYP principles to my current situation and able to identify them to specific examples in teaching. In what ways can I apply learning from this workshop in my own learning and teaching? I am developing my awareness of the PYP concepts and their application.  I can relate my own teaching experience to elements of the PYP framework and also notice where I need to improve in my teaching practise. How is agency supported and nurtured through this workshop? The case studies are very useful in exemplifying PYP principles and practises. Collaborative exercises are also helpful, seeing other people's ideas. How you are applying your learning about transdisciplinarity in your school? I am developing my ability to view subjects in a cross curricular way and am making connections between the different subjects. I am developing my awareness of linking them thematically. How are you using concepts to help s...
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Module 1 Reflection

How is my understanding of PYP principles and practices evolving? I am now beginning to develop an overarching understanding of how the different elements of the PYP curriculum lead to international-mindedness and the importance of education in a global context. In what ways can I apply learning from this workshop in my own learning and teaching? I have really enjoyed learning more about transdisciplinary teaching approaches which I can apply to my own teaching.  How is agency supported and nurtured through this workshop? Discussion based tasks and access to everyone else's ideas has been very beneficial in developing my understanding of the course so far. How am I developing international-mindedness in my students? By combining the elements of global engagement, multilingualism and intercultural understanding. How do I get the learning of language to encompass being international minded? By understanding that language is not solely the linguistic aspect of learning a language. How...
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