This article illustrates the importance of listening to students’ voices and the powerful learning that can happen when allowing them take the lead.
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
How a culture of student leadership can foster learner agency
This article explores how students took ownership of the Model United Nations (MUN) experience in the primary division as a going further from their unit under ‘How we organize ourselves’.
Exploring international-mindedness through ‘Who we are’
This article looks at the concept of religion through a lens of international-mindedness and links to the transdisciplinary theme of ‘Who we are.’
Using the theory of multiple intelligences in a PYP classroom
This article demonstrates the use of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences by H. Gardner in a year 4 PYP classroom through ‘How the world works’ inquiry into energy.
Every student is unique and so is the way they work
This article shares a strategy of planning unit that helped in creating a fair and equitable process for evaluating student learning.
How the PYP exhibition helped students to understand Colombia’s peace agreement
This is a brief example of how inquiry within the PYP exhibition contributes to understanding current global issues.