Taking stock
I began this course with a variety of questions, all of which I am now able to answer to some degree. What conception(s) of curriculum does the International Baccalaureate follow…
A journey of learning, growing and reflecting
I began this course with a variety of questions, all of which I am now able to answer to some degree. What conception(s) of curriculum does the International Baccalaureate follow…
I have to confess that I am more of a silent stalker in the professional communities I follow than I am an active voice, and this is often the way…
The most recent communication from the IBPYP outlining some of the changes we can anticipate from the launch of the enhanced PYP later next year both highlighted some anticipated changes…
The last few months I have been learning about different conceptions of curriculum. Our conception of curriculum Expresses a viewpoint about curriculum’s development and design; the role of the learner,…
Deciding which professional communities to participate in was relatively straight-forward. I am already a member of a couple PYP Facebook groups: PYP Workshop Leaders and PYP Coordinators. The PYP workshop…
Here is the updated visual product Nicole and I created: What kind of teacher are you? (updated) A few weeks ago I posed the following question: Will understanding the conception of…
So this week we had to explore the connections between our philosophical foundations of education, curriculum conceptions and curricular design. Here is how we saw it: http://prezi.com/zxe0fb78blfp/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy The work of…
I am fascinated by curriculum and the perspectives it offers about different societies and insight into their beliefs about what children should learn and how. Before I began my readings,…