Based on an example from grade 5 How we organize ourselves unit of inquiry, a visual arts teacher describes how she and music teachers collaborate on assessment strategies tools.
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Inquiry-based learning in the early years
This is an overview of what inspired an early years educator to accomplish a research project which explored how early years practitioners perceive inquiry-based learning when utilizing the PYP curriculum framework with very young learners in Hong Kong.
Get set, goal!
In this article you will read about how a teacher brought a technology into a classroom to make learning experience more engaging and visually relatable for students.
My journey into the world of Minecraft
This article describes the effectiveness of using the game Minecraft in a unit of inquiry under the transdisciplinary theme ‘How we organize ourselves’.
Design cycle and unit of inquiry
A PYP coordinator narrates how grade 2 students used the MYP design cycle and command terms in working on their unit of inquiry task. Inquiry involves an active engagement with the environment in an effort to make sense of the world, and consequent reflection on the connections between the experiences encountered and the information gathered. […]
Unit of inquiry: Economic activities
Giving students the opportunity to participate in deciding and designing their assessment tools, and finally reviewing their learning through peer editing and feedback were the highlights of this unit on economic activities under the transdisciplinary theme How we organise ourselves. ‘Assessment’ in PYP is aimed at knowing the child better; understanding his/her areas of interest and […]