Introduction to the PYP
(for parents new to the program)
Primary Years Programme
小學教育項目
Learning about... Learning to (skill)... Learning to be
(profile/disposition)...
What are the 5 How can I apply As an inquirer
essential what I am how can I ensure
elements of the learning to what I my questions are
PYP? have seen/heard answered?
from KJS?
Questions/
In a PYP classroom we recognize Wonderings
and value that our learners bring
unique experiences , perspectives
and knowledge to classroom.
What do you think
you know about
the PYP?
-Your name
-Your child’s name
-Class
Concentric Circles
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What is an IB/PYP education?
What connections can you make to
your own experiences at school?
What did you hear that extends
your current understanding of an IB
education or extends your thinking
in some way?
What challenges your thinking or
what questions does this raise for
you?
Programmes span the years of kindergarten to pre-university. The
programmes can be offered individually or as a continuum.
●The Primary Years Programme (PYP) for pupils aged 3 to 12.
●The Middle Years Programme (MYP) for students aged 11 to 16.
●The Diploma Programme for students aged 16 to 19.
●The Career Related Programme for students aged 16-19.
For more information:
http://www.ibo.org/about-the-ib/
What do we want our children to
be like as adults?
What skills, attitudes, dispositions,
knowledge do we want our
children to have?
A routine for:
uncovering prior knowledge and questioning
Philosophy of the PYP
The philosophy behind the PYP can be examined in two
parts.
∗ Firstly, the mission statement of the IBO expresses the
IBO’s overall purpose as an organization promoting and
developing programmes of international education.
∗ Secondly, there is a set of beliefs and values which the
IBO call “International Mindedness”
Philosophy of the PYP
The philosophy behind the PYP can be examined in two
parts.
∗ Firstly, the mission statement of the IBO expresses the
IBO’s overall purpose as an organization promoting and
developing programmes of international education.
∗ Secondly, there is a set of beliefs and values which the
IBO call “International Mindedness”
– let’s look at this first!
An Internationally minded Person
● From the IB’s perspective an
internationally minded
person is a person with the
attributes and dispositions
described in the IB learner
profile.
Standard A4: The school develops and and promotes
international mindedness and all attributes of the IB learner
profile across the school community.
Can you identify the Learner Profile in the IBO Mission?
The International Baccalaureate Organization 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 IBO 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.
Can you identify the Learner Profile in the IBO Mission?
The International Baccalaureate Organization 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 IBO 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.
The IBO Mission Statement
+
The Learner Profile
=
The philosophy which drives the PYP
Overview of the PYP - Learner Profile
Develop understanding
through art.
The Learner
Profile/Attitudes linked to
Literature and Music
Self-Assessments
Overview of the PYP - Attitudes
Inquiry within the PYP
PYP schools are
committed to structured,
purposeful inquiry that
engages students
actively in their own
learning.
What is inquiry?
什麼是探究?
∗ “Inquiry is an approach to learning that involves a
process of exploring the natural or material world,
that leads to asking questions and making
discoveries in the search for new understandings.”
∗ 探究是一種學習模式, 是探索自然和物質世界的過程。它引
領我們發問和發現, 讓我們對這個世界有新的認知和了解。
(Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry)
What was your most significant learning moment?
Think about the following questions
as well:
∗ How did you develop the interest?
∗ What experience led to this
understanding?
∗ What resources did you use for your
learning?
∗ How did you know that you really
knew/understood?
∗
Flexible learning environments Allowing time for students to
get “stuck”
Limit whole class instruction
Working both independently
and collaboratively
Students talking and thinking for
Open ended themselves
questions/problems
So...what does inquiry look like?
Authentic context and purpose Students are aware of what they
are doing and why!
Accessing students’ prior Using student questions as a
knowledge springboard for teaching
So...what does inquiry look like?
So...what
does inquiry
look like?
Overview of the PYP - Knowledge
What does this look like for our learners?
Transdisciplinary Jig Saw
+ Who We Are
+ Where We Are in Place and Time
+ How the World Works
+ Sharing the Planet
+ How We Express Ourselves
+ How We Organise Ourselves
Overview of the PYP - Approaches to learning (skills)
Those capabilities the
students need to
demonstrate to succeed
in a changing,
challenging world,
which may be
disciplinary or
transdisciplinary in
nature.
Students set targets.
We co-construct what it means WITH the children.
Overview of the PYP - Concepts
Key concepts are:
● broad
● universal
● timeless
● transferable
Concept or Not?
Identity Persuasion
Addition Systems
Dinosaurs Migration from China
Power Culture
Christmas Responsibility
Fairytales Healthy eating
Perspective
Concept or Not?
Identity Persuasion
Addition Systems
Dinosaurs Migration from
Power China
Christmas Culture
Fairytales Responsibility
Perspective Healthy eating
Concept or Not?
Identity Persuasion
Addition Systems
Extinction Migration
Power Culture
Celebrations Responsibility
Storytelling/Imagination Wellbeing
Perspective
Overview of the PYP - Action
Action Scenarios
Research Direct
Indirect Advocacy
What type of action would this be?
• Posters • Green Team
• Petitions to local • Collections for charities
government • Creating google slides to
• Teach younger children show the class what
about eating healthy they’ve been learning at
• Volunteering at an elderly home
home • Set up a recycling program
at school
K.J.S. vision and mission - where are the PYP elements?
∗ highlight words in our mission statement that reflect
the philosophy and elements of the PYP
∗ What conclusions can we make?
What skills will they need?
Education and Training in a Changing World: What Skills Do We Need?
Published by: Unesco
What is an IB education?
What connections can you make to
your own experiences at school?
What did you hear that extends
your current understanding of an IB
education?
What challenges your thinking or
what questions does this raise for
you?
FORM – What is it like?
FUNCTION – How does it work?
CHANGE – How is it changing?
CAUSATION – Why is it the way it is?
CONNECTION - How is it connected?
PERSPECTIVE – What are the points of view?
RESPONSIBILITY – What is our responsibility?
REFLECTION – How do we know?
