We spoke to East Nashville Magnet Middle School about their first Community Project, following their successful authorization of both the MYP and the Diploma Programme (DP).
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Deepening transdisciplinary learning through conceptual connections: A single-subject approach to exhibition
In looking for a way to deepen student understanding of concepts, while still maintaining fidelity to the single subjects, this article shows the work of the physical education (PE) department to create conceptual connections while focusing on knowledge, skills and conceptual understandings pertaining to PE and beyond.
Conceptual understandings in the PYP exhibition
This article illustrates a PYP exhibition journey from the reflection on facilitation to allowing students making sense of their topic through a driving conceptual lens.
An unexpected action
This article presents a grade 5 initiative under the transdisciplinary theme Sharing the planet to bring peace and harmony between India and Pakistan.
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.
Re-thinking the exhibition presentation
How to make an engaging PYP exhibition that everyone will remember? Turn it into an experience!
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.
Students taking ownership of their learning
This article illustrates how grade 5 students took ownership of their own learning throughout the PYP exhibition organized under the transdisciplinary theme How the world works.
The Blank Planner Project – Collaborative planning on technology unit
Imagine beginning day one of a unit of inquiry with nothing but a blank planner. Learn how two grade 5 teachers pushed the limits of inquiry-based design by planning, communicating and implementing a completely student-developed unit of inquiry event with collaborative input from parents, students and administration.
Making cycles of inquiry that fit your purpose
Even though inquiry cycles help us involve students and lead them toward understanding, they are often linear formulas that may still feel like an imposition to some students. Perhaps we, as teachers, can come up with our own version to engage students with a more open and flexible process, one that better suits the learner’s […]
Exhibition differentiation
This article illustrates differentiated instruction and assessment for a PYP exhibition.
Redefining collaboration in the PYP exhibition
One school shares the various factors influencing the collaboration for their PYP exhibition.
Let’s face technology in an increasingly digital world
This article illustrates how technology transforms teaching and learning and how digital tools become commonplace in many classrooms.
Transdisciplinary theme and the exhibition
This article shares how a PYP school explored Grade 5 students choosing their own transdisciplinary theme for the exhibition.