Primary Years Programme Open Day May 14th 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).
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 2,496 schools in 132 countries to develop and offer THREE challenging and highly prestigious programmes to over 678,000 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.
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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.
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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 3-12 years (1996～) Middle Years Programme 11-16 years (1994～) Diploma Programme 16-19 years (1968～)
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What is the Primary Years Programme? For students aged 3 to 12. ● Development of the whole child, encompassing social, physical, emotional and cultural needs in addition to academic development. ● Transdisciplinary programme of international education to help children engage with their world and the world around them. ● A relevant, engaging, challenging and significant educational framework for all children drawing on research and best practices from a range of national systems with a wealth of knowledge and experience from international schools. ●
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Inquiry based curriculum Teaching and Learning • Learning should be based around student's questions. • Requires students to work together to solve problems rather than receiving direct instructions on what to do from the teacher. • Teacher's job is not to provide knowledge, but instead to help students along the process of discovering knowledge themselves. • Teachers should be viewed as facilitators of learning rather than vessels of knowledge.
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Inquiry based curriculum Students Students will inquire, make connections, develop conceptual understanding, think critically, work collaboratively, consider multiple perspectives, construct meaning, reflect, take action.
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Inquiry based curriculum Students
Students are actively: ●exploring, wondering and questioning. ●experimenting and playing with possibilities. ●researching and seeking information. ●collecting data and reporting findings. ●making and testing theories. ●making predictions and acting to see what happens.
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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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Knowledge What do we want the students to know? Knowledge in the PYP is developed through Units of Inquiry, under the headings of six Transdisciplinary Themes. These themes are used to integrate subject knowledge across the main curriculum areas of: Languages Mathematics Social Studies, Science and Technology Art and Drama Personal, Physical And Social Education (PSPE).
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Knowledge Transdisciplinary Themes Who we are
Sharing the planet
Six organizing themes structure the transdisciplinary inquiry
How we organize ourselves
How we express ourselves How the world works
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Where we are in place and time
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
Action How do we want students to act?
Inspire students to ●Actively apply new learning in their daily life. ●Reflect, to choose wisely and to act responsibly with their peers, school staff and in the wider community. ●Take action. This can include comments and questions about their learning. It may also include activities they have initiated at home.
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The End
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