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In the 3 days of this workshop we will be looking at 3 big questions:
On Day 1 we will be looking at the Why? - this is the philosophy behind the PYP
On Day 2 we will be looking at the What? - this is the theory behind the curriculum. We will be looking at the written and the assessed curriculum.
On Day 3 we will be looking at the How? - this is our practice and how we bring the curriculum alive. We will be looking at planning for inquiry, teaching and learning.
Transdisciplinary Theme: How We Organize Ourselves
Central Idea: The PYP is a philosophy and curriculum framework for an international education
Lines of Inquiry:
- the essential elements of an international curriculum
- inquiry as a stance
- teaching and learning of the whole child
- planning and assessing to inform and transform teaching
Key Concepts: form, function, causation
Hi Girls!
ReplyDeleteWe started back at school this week and because we are both a relatively new school and we had new staff joining us (some with very little experience of PYP) we had quite a review of the whole PYP - theoretical and applied this week. I was really happy to be able to take lots of the ideas we shared along with me ... and share them again with my work colleagues.
What was particularly useful for us was to review our central ideas - we just started with the UoI we will commence the year with - and we had a very constructive session which clarified and improved the ideas and, at the same time, gave us all a shared meaning as to what the units were about.
Thanks! Learning in action!!!
Jenny
Hi Jenny,
ReplyDeleteReally happy that you could share your knowledge and understanding and be a catalyst is moving things along. Collaborative learning at its best!
Thanks for sharing,
Maria