Middle Years Programme
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Updated: The Challenge of Interdisciplinary Learning
Since the original post in early 2016, we’ve made some progress, experienced some great successes and uncovered some further challenges. Enthusiasm is building behind Interdisciplinary Units (IDU’s), though there is still work to be done. I’ve updated the flowchart below… Continue reading
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Curriculum as a Compass?
Over the last few years as a science teacher and coordinator I’ve been thinking a lot about how we might create a culture of thinking that balances vigorous and challenging outcomes with student co-creation (or navigation) of inquiry, particularly where… Continue reading
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Reflecting on the Impacts of Science: IMaGE, Global Goals & Connections in MYP Sciences.
I’ve added a new page to i-Biology.net to post resources and ideas for MYP Science Crit. D: Reflecting on the Impacts of Science. Some slides are below, but to see the full page, click here. [IMaGE = International Mindedness and… Continue reading
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What If..? MyIB & MOOC PD
At a recent MYP Coordinators’ network meeting we were discussing how – despite lots of moves towards quality control and great efforts by the IBEN team – we still had occasional concerns on the reliability of the received message from… Continue reading
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The Buoyant Force of Continuum Learning
If you’re new to this blog – welcome! Ideas on here often build on previous posts or conversations, so I hope this make sense. To find out more, please visit my about page, with posts by topic. ……….o0O0o………. As I… Continue reading
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Capturing the Curriculum, Criteria & “Zooming In”
Shortlink to this resource: is.gd/mypassess Update Sept. 5 2017 based on edits summarized in this update from the IB. Big Update Dec. 2 2017: added subject group overview (curriculum articulation) tabs for each subject group, with data validation for key, related… Continue reading
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Standardization: Cycling away from the moderation “event”
Update 2024: Standardization Cycle 2.0 is here. A quick post to share a resource, based on some of our work at CA. I love cycle diagrams and was thinking about the process of moderation, planning and the challenges of effective… Continue reading
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Visualising the Curriculum: A Design-Cycle Approach
This year, two of my professional learning ‘Tankyuu‘ goals are to develop the curriculum review cycle for our school and to investigate ways in which we can best communicate our curriculum to the school community: parents, teachers, students and outside… Continue reading
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Taking on the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Learning (Updated 2018)
Reflections: April 2018 Since the original post in early 2016, we’ve made some progress, experienced some great successes and uncovered some further challenges. Enthusiasm is building behind Interdisciplinary Units (IDU’s), though there is still work to be done. I’ve updated… Continue reading
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Personal Project Cycle Diagram
Another cycle diagram, this time for the Personal Project, intended to bring it together with the Design Cycle and Service Learning Cycle and to centralize the role of the ATL’s. Continue reading
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Seven Reasons to be an #IBEN Site Visitor
A quick run-down of some of the benefits I’ve found in my first year or so in #IBEN as a school visitor. Continue reading
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Designing a Service Learning Cycle
Note (March 2018): This 2014 post is a few years old now, and the Service Learning Cycle is gathering momentum in the school in its use by students for service learning. The current working version is at the end of… Continue reading
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Global Contexts & Avoiding the ‘Single Story’
This last couple of weeks we’ve been busy preparing faculty PD on the Global Contexts and their role in developing International Mindedness & Global Engagement (IMaGE) in our students. It has been a lot of work, but as we kicked… Continue reading
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Making Meaning
In amongst a million other things I am taking part in an IB Educators’ Network up-skilling course (as part of my role as an MYP Site Visitor). One of the discussion questions asked us to reflect on a memorable learning… Continue reading
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A pragmatic approach to inquiry: my article in IS magazine
The most recent issue of International School Magazine has run a feature written by me on how we interpret and frame inquiry, and is adapted from one of my recent Bath MA assignments. Continue reading
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