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Curriculum design – what’s that all about? Part 1
A blog by Nikki Welsh, PYP Curriculum development manager at the IB
Spotlight on the CP curriculum design team
Here, we spotlight members of the IB’s CP curriculum design team. We sat down with Chantell, Becky and Camelia to learn more about their experiences, highlights and what they are most excited about.
The MYP design curriculum review is now underway!
Are you an educator who has experience in teaching design? Sign up for a chance to co-create the next Middle Years Programme (MYP) design course!
Designing my dream game for Google Play
If you had to design your dream game, what would it look like? Find out how Bridgette Bromell managed to design a game for Google Play.
Incorporating design thinking in the PYP
Teaching using a modern approach can often be challenging, but Humera Riyaz, PYP coordinator at Eastern Public Schools gives us some useful tips.
How PYP students designed the perfect learning space
What would your perfect learning space look like? Read how 38 Primary Year Programme (PYP) students designed and created the perfect learning space
Internship: Writing, editing and design in Washington DC
Are you an aspiring journalist, writer or editor? We are looking for a creative, hardworking, and dedicated intern to support our parent and alumni relations projects.The position will have a strong focus on creating original written material for our blog and social media presence to engage alumni, student and parent audiences. The position is part-time […]
Using an integrated mathematics unit to design learning spaces
In this article you will read how a Primary Years Programme school in China used the mathematics scope and sequence to help organize their learning spaces.
Students turn designers for uniform challenge
A new IB World School invited DP students to create their own uniform, giving them a chance to learn valuable skills and leave a legacy for the future
Using MYP design to mark a milestone
How did the Middle Years Programme (MYP) design directives help our process? Find out from four members of Whitby’s Class of 2018, who used Design Flags to tackle specific strands in the MYP curriculum’s design criterion.
Student agency designs learning space
This article talks about Primary Years Programme students inquiring into the physical and virtual public spaces. As part of their action, students chose to design the mother tongue space for the library.
Middle schoolers thrive with 150 hours of design
By Clare Wagstaff Annie Wright Middle School’s design program is now in its third year. Although it has incorporated some of the beloved traditional Middle School projects such as the Milk Boat Regatta (in which Middle Schoolers create seaworthy vessels out of milk cartons and other recycled materials), it has also established new units that are quickly becoming Middle School traditions. […]
How design thinking makes learning come alive
Educators tell IB World how using design thinking has improved learning
Design thinking in education
Joel Adams, a Diploma Programme (DP) Curriculum Manger for Visual arts and information technology in a global society explores what design thinking offer us as educators. Is it just the newest buzzword on the ed-block or might it help inform, change and shape our pedagogy in 2017?