Approaches to Learning
Communication, Thinking, Social, Research, and Self management
What are the Approaches to Learning?
The number of key concepts found in the PYP. . . Or the square root of 49 . . . or it comes after SIX when you count.
What is SEVEN?
These character attributes are the foundation of all three IB programmes and help us to become internationally minded. Name 5 attributes.
What are knowledgeable, reflective, balanced, principled, thinker, communicator, risk-taker, caring, open-minded, inquirer?
An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships, including families, friends, communities and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human.
What is Who We Are?
Choose, Act, Reflect is also known as this CIRCULAR diagram
What is The Action Cycle?
This skill involves presenting, sharing, reading, and talking.
Communication
The IB learner profile represents a broad range of human capacities and responsibilities that encompass intellectual, personal, emotional and social growth.
The learner profile supports students in taking action for positive change.
A foundational goal of IB programmes across the world.
What is "internationally minded"?
An inquiry into orientation in place and time; personal histories; homes and journeys; the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationships between, and the interconnectedness of, individuals and civilizations, from local and global perspectives.
What is Where we are in place and time?
When we are communicators, we show that we can understand and express ideas in more than one way. We are ALL teachers of this realm.
What is language?
An inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic.
What is How we express ourselves?
This attribute is demonstrated when people understand the importance of time spent engaging in intellectual, physical, social and emotional experiences to achieve personal well-being for themselves and others.
What is being balanced?
An inquiry into the natural world and its laws; the interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human societies; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment.
What is How the world works?
This is the concept that connects to action and choices. It starts with an "r" and rhymes with "eesponsibility".
What is "responsibility"?
When we do the right thing, EVEN WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING, we are being . . .
What is PRINCIPLED?
An inquiry into the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities; the structure and function of organizations; societal decision-making; economic activities and their impact on humankind and the environment.
What is How we organize ourselves?