This article presents a grade 5 initiative under the transdisciplinary theme ‘Sharing the planet’ to bring peace and harmony between India and Pakistan.
Archive | Transdisciplinary learning
transdisciplinary themes: who we are, where we are in place and time, how the world works, how we express ourselves, sharing the planet, how we organize ourselves
Making the exhibition happen
This article is about how a PYP school in Peru took the PYP exhibition further than simply incorporating the elements of inquiry, action and reflection by embracing transdisciplinarity, technology and design, and sustainability. It also shows authentic real-world tasks that were a critical part of students’ experience.
Constructivism in practice
In this article you will read how inquiry and constructivism go hand in hand as the learners or inquirers build upon their prior knowledge or previous experiences.
The first PYP exhibition experience
In this article you will read how a PYP teacher in Colombia experienced her first PYP exhibition learning and guiding process.
Exploring perspectives through technology
This article illustrates how grade 3 students explored different perspectives about technology, developed their digital literacy and conceptual understanding of the therm ‘perspectives’.
Transferring an idea into action
This article follows up on how grade 2 students incorporated action into the ‘How we organize ourselves’ unit of inquiry by illustrating students taking action and making connection across subjects.