Primary Years Programme Open Day November 28th 2014 http://goo.gl/KpxFGV
Deutsche Schule Kobe/European School offers a curriculum based on the Primary Years Programme (PYP) of the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) . Great Video with Japanese Subtitles; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOHP-RiT7yQ&feature=youtu.be
What is the International Baccalaureate Organisation? A non-profit educational foundation founded in 1968. It aims to create a better world through education. The IB works with 3960 schools in 147 countries to develop and offer THREE challenging and highly prestigious programmes to over 1.2 million students aged 3 to 19 years. The IB focuses on the development of the whole child as an individual in the multicultural world of the 21st Century. Sources: http://www.ibo.org/programmes/slidef.cfm http://www.ibo.org/informationfor/students/
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IB Mission Statement The IB aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the IB works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. 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. Source: http://www.ibo.org/mission/
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The Three Programmes of the IB IB’s three programmes for students aged 3 to 19 help develop intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world. Primary Years Programme (PYP) 3 -12 years (1996～) Middle Years Programme (MYP) 11-16 years (1994～) Diploma Programme (DP) 16-19 years (1968～)
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What is the Primary Years Programme? ● For students aged 3 to 12. The Early Years of the PYP is a valuable starting point for your child. ● Development of the whole child in a holistic constructivist approach ● Relevant, engaging, challenging and significant educational framework based on research and best practice. ●based around student's questions ●Requires students to work collaboratively ●Teachers should be viewed as facilitators of learning rather than vessels of knowledge.
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Skills What do we want the students to be able to do?
To succeed in a changing challenging world, the students need to develop their: Thinking skills (e.g. comprehension, application) ●Social Skills (e.g. cooperating, accepting responsibility) ●Communication Skills (e.g. speaking, listening) ●Self Management (e.g. organisation, time management ) ●Research Skills (e.g. observing and planning) ●
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Concepts What do we want the students to understand? At the core of the PYP curriculum is a series of concepts which have relevance within and across the subject disciplines.
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Form What is it like? Function How does it work? Causation Why is it like it is? Change How is it changing? Connection How is it connected to other things? Perspective What are the points of view? Responsibility What is our responsibility? Reflection How do we know?
Learner Profile What do we want students to be? ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
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Inquirers Thinkers Communicators Risk-takers Knowledgeable Principled Caring Open-minded Balanced Reflective
Attitudes What do we want students to value and feel?
Appreciation Confidence Creativity Empathy Independence Respect
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Commitment Cooperation Curiosity Enthusiasm Integrity Tolerance
Knowledge Transdisciplinary Themes Who we are
Sharing the planet
Six organizing themes structure the transdisciplinary inquiry
How we organize ourselves
Where we are in place and time
How we express ourselves How the world works
Source: http://www.ibo.org/pyp/curriculum/index.cfm
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Transdiciplinary Approach Knowledge in the PYP is developed through Units of Inquiry, under the headings of six Transdisciplinary Themes. These themes are used to embed subject knowledge across the main curriculum areas of:
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Languages Mathematics, Social Studies, Science and Technology
Exhibition 2014 http://goo.
Art and Drama, Personal, Physical And Social Education (PSPE). Any Questions: Send an email to coordinator@dskobe.org
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