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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...

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...

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:...

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....

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...

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...

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.

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...

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'...

Christopher Frost: Purposefully Provocative