Primary years program ib

Read more International Baccalaureate Orgnization. Remember me. Request new password. Our program focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer and is defined by six transdisciplinary themes of global significance. The International Baccalaureate 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 organization 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.

It focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world outside. It is defined by six transdisciplinary themes of global significance, explored using knowledge and skills derived from six subject areas, with a powerful emphasis on inquiry-based learning. Exhibition at Spicewood Elementary. Five essential elements. Significant, relevant content that we wish the students to explore and know about, taking into consideration their prior experience and understanding.

Concepts- What do we want students to understand? Powerful ideas that have relevance within the subject areas but also transcend them and that students must explore and re-explore in order to develop a coherent, in-depth understanding.

Skills- What do we want students to be able to do? Those capabilities that the students need to demonstrate to succeed in a changing, challenging world, which may be disciplinary or transdisciplinary in nature. Attitudes- What do we want students to feel, value and demonstrate Dispositions that are expressions of fundamental values, beliefs and feelings about learning, the environment and people. Action- How do we want students to act?

Demonstrations of deeper learning in responsible behavior through responsible action; a manifestation in practice of the other essential elements. Transdisciplinary Themes. Learner Profile.