Learning    about  The  PYP  

           

EINSTEIN  STUDENTS  HAVE  THE  WORLD    IN  THEIR  HANDS.  

These  are  some  words    common  to  all  the  IB  World  schools  

that  work  with  the  PYP:  InternaGonal-­‐mindedness      Central  Idea    IB  Learner        Profile                Key  Concepts          Transdisciplinary                    Planners                            Skills                          Unit  of  Inquiry                    APtudes    

 

INTERNATIONAL-­‐MINDEDNESS              •               We  learn  to  appreciate  other  cultures    

•                                                                             and  beliefs,  and  we  make  our  best  effort    •                                                                             to  demonstrate  that  we  are  people  that    •                                                                             live  the  IB  learner  profile.  

         

Being international-minded implies recognizing that all people have the same rights and that we share this planet.

Our common aim is to make this world a more peaceful, more just place.

BALANCED  BALANCED  

IB  LEARNER  PROFILE                              The  IB  teaches  us  to  be  posiGve  ciGzens  of  the  world    

                                               by  culGvaGng  our  community’s  IB  Learner  Profile  aXributes:  

INQUIRER                                            Asks  quesGons    

                                                                                                                                           Independently  seeks  new  informaGon    »                                                         Is  curious  

           ·∙                  Is                                                                                                      Is  always  looking  for  new  informaGon                                                                                                                                                                  Always  tries  to  know  more  

             

                                                                                                         THINKER                              Is  original  

                                                                                                                                               Seeks  new  ways  to  solve  problems                                                                                                                                                    Builds  on  others’  ideas                                                                                                                                                    Connects  things  he/she  knows                                                                                                                                                    Uses  thinking  skills  to  make                                                                                                                                                                    decisions  and  solve  problems    

   

KNOWLEDGEABLE  Learns about himself/herself Learns about the world Tries to learn many things about a variety of topics Uses existing knowledge to solve problems  

PRINCIPLED  Is honest Always tries to do what is right Is fair Follows rules Is responsible      

CARING  Helps others Is concerned about others Tries to make people around him/her happy Is sensitive to the needs of others Is considerate Empathizes        OPEN-­‐MINDED  

Listens to others Accepts other points of view Accepts that people are different and that we do things in different ways Tries to understand others Recognizes that not everyone thinks the same way as him/her Accepts others’ opinions, traditions, customs and beliefs  

BALANCED  Is a persevering worker Uses time appropriately Is organized Eats healthy foods Exercises Learns about different things Finds balance between school work and fun Gets enough rest

REFLECTIVE  Reflects on what he/she says, does and learns Learns from mistakes Is aware of the effect of words and actions on others Constantly thinks about how to improve Makes life changes in order to be ever better  

ATTITUDES  THAT  WE  PROMOTE  E  IN  OUR  COMMUNITY  APPRECIATION    

COMMITMENT    

CONFIDENCE  

COOPERATION    

CREATIVITY    CURIOSITY    

EMPATHY    

ENTHUSIASM  

More  APtudes…  

INDEPENDENCE    

INTEGRITY    

RESPECT    

TOLERANCE    

…  

KEY  CONCEPTS    

What is it like?  

   What  is  our  responsibility?    

 How  is  it  changing?       Why  is  it  

like  this?    

       How  is  it  connected  to  other  things?    

¿What  are  the  points  of  

view?    

How  does  it  work?    

How  do  we  know?    

FORM   FUNCTION     CHANGE     CAUSE    

CONNECTION     PERSPECTIVE   RESPONSIBILITY     REFLECTION  

TRANSDISCIPLINARY  SKILLS    THINKING   SOCIAL    

RESEARCH  

Thinking  Skills  Learn ideas, facts and vocabulary Understand what you have learned Make decisions about important things Put little ideas together to make big ones

Social  Skills  Share responsibilities during a task Respect others Cooperate with others, respect turns, be polite Resolve conflicts Make group decisions Sometimes be a leader and other times a follower

CommunicaGon  Skills  Listen to instructions Express our ideas clearly Read about different topics Write journal reflections about different things Take notes, interpret information Present information to others Use nonverbal language

Self-­‐Management  Skills  Make good decisions Use the large and small muscles in our body Be organized, plan our activities Use our time wisely Make healthy decisions Follow rules, stay safe Make sound decisions after learning new information

Research  Skills  

Ask good questions Use your senses to observe Plan Collect data and information Organize information Reach conclusions based on the information obtained Present findings

UNITS  OF  INQUIRY  

When  we  work  on  our  units  of  inquiry,  we  learn  about  other  countries  and  other  cultures,    and  about  ways  to  take  acGon  and  to  share  the  planet  with  other  people    

and  other  living  things.    We  learn  how  to  express  ourselves,    and  to  know  who  we  are,  how  our  world  works  and  how  it  is  organized.    

Through  the  PYP  we  learn  about    things  from  around  the  planet.  

When  we  make  an  effort  to  apply  the  IB  Learner  Profile    aXributes  and  aPtudes  in  our  lives,    we  become  true  ciGzens  of  the  world.    

BIBLIOGRAPHY  

Making  the  PYP  Happen,  InternaGonal  Baccalaureate,  January  2007.  

Adapted  from  the  presentaGon  “Learning  about  IB  at  Lansdowne  School.”