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Inquiry-based learning is a lesson on humility
I am writing this blog post upon culminating a very gratifying year or learning and teaching, as my summer break begins, and before the arms of the summer convince me that it is time to slow down and re-charge for … Continue reading
Being Part of the Learners’ Universe
From May 20-27, 2018, I will have the pleasure of hosting the #MYPChat on twitter. Previous hosts have done an extraordinary work by helping us reflect on the value of being connected; by encouraging inquiries into ATL skills, the learning … Continue reading
Approaches to amplifying the IDU Experience
Designing and experiencing an interdisciplinary Unit (IDU) can only be matched by the satisfaction of seeing students taking ownership of their work, and demonstrating how much they’re able to do with what they know. What is more, an IDU allows … Continue reading
Accept a piece of homework, even if it’s 10 years late.
I started teaching when I was 22 years old. I used to teach EFL in Mexico, and many times, as I was getting my class ready, I was asked if I knew were the teacher was. I moved from teaching … Continue reading
A Service-led Unit: A Triathlon of Learning
One of the goals for my MYP team at Qingdao Amerasia International School this year was to “regionalize” the IB MYP Standards and Practices. Simply put, this means to generate a series of exemplary resources that serve as guidelines for … Continue reading
Posted in ATL, IB MYP, Service Learning
Tagged Community and Service, Service as Action, Service Learning
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Would MYP Teachers be willing to be MYP Students?
One of my mentors used to say that children are creative because they do not believe in “impossible”; that teenagers were charged with hormones to shake up adults, in the hope that they (adults) remember their journey. I reflect … Continue reading
Posted in ATL, IB MYP, Learner Profile
Tagged Being MYP Learners, IB Learner Profile, J Rafael Angel, MYP Teachers, When I was a student
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A Global Context is a conceptual lens, not a related concept
Global Contexts in the MYP are perhaps the most misunderstood element in the conceptual framework (key concept, related concept, global context, statement of inquiry), as MYP teachers design the purpose for their inquiry. This misunderstanding is also further enhanced by … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, IB MYP, Inquiry
Tagged Global Contexts, Global Contexts in MYP, MYP, MYP Curriculum, Understanding Global Contexts
