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Ten Tips to Tackle Transdisciplinarity

THE TRANSDISCIPLINARITY TANGLE If you teach or lead in an IB PYP school, the chances are there is pressure on you to be...

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How Do We Plan Language on a PYP Planner?

Originally posted 2014 The webinar below is September 2020 The Challenge The Solution The Context The Limitations The Genre Approach to...

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Reading & Writing Workshop and The IB PYP Are They Compatible?

Original post 15/11/2015 Tokyo International School I work at Tokyo International School (TIS) an IB World School. TIS is a rare breed:...

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The PYP Planning Puzzle: Mathematics

Original post 25/12/2015 Part 1: The Challenge This blog post explores how to plan an entire mathematics programme using PYP Planners....

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Transdisciplinary Yearning - My Hopes For The PYP Review

Original post 14/2/2016 The IB PYP is currently under review with a new set of principles and practices to be released in 2018. One of...

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Understanding or Misunderstanding in the IB PYP?

Original post 22/5/2016 Understanding The Issue The PYP is currently under review with a new set of Principles & Practices set for...

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The Inquiry, Inquiry: Students' Questions Now What?

Students ask questions all the time. But what do we DO with them? This blog post some practical solutions.

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The Inquiry, Inquiry: Constructivism & Cycles

Most aspects of inquiry learning I encounter I tend to agree with, but a few interpretations and methods leave me feeling confused or...

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How might we teach the Approaches to Learning?

Original post 25/2/2017 Learning to Learn The IB Primary Years Programme highlights five sets of transdisciplinary 'learning to learn'...

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