Wednesday, 20 May 2015

PYP Standard C3, the practices I identified as important.

After looking at Standard C3 of the PYP, I believe the below-mentioned practices are important, I have justified them by identifying the learner profiles they match to, and how they are applicable.  

1) #6 Teaching and Learning addresses human commanlity, diversity and multiple perspectives. 
2) #2 Teaching and Learning engages students as inquirers and learners. 
I'm going to defend my answer by using the recent Nepal Earthquake as an incentive for discussing Natural Disasters. 
So for Standard C3 #6
Teaching and Learning addresses human commanlity, diversity and multiple perspectives. 
 the learner profile it supports is: 
Knowledgeable: Something like an EQ is of global and often local significance. Students can come from many different backgrounds, and sometimes those places can have been affected by natural disasters. EQ would be one of those. Can also include things like floods, volcanoes, typhoons, tornadoes, hurricanes. Students will then learn about how humans and animals are affected by a natural disaster. 
Thinkers: Students can critically think of how something like a natural disaster can impact human life beyond the immediate effects. Crops, infrastructure etc. How systems can be introduced to warn people ahead of time. What are some of these systems that are used? 
Open Minded: Students can be attuned to how their peers and their families (past or present) have been affected by something like natural disasters. How places have helped their people bounce back from a natural disaster. Aid, Volunteer work. 
Caring: Students appreciate how as people we have changed the environment, what brings about climate change. Furthermore, students can be challenged to see how a particular problem currently affects and shapes the country they live in. 
For Standard C3 #2
Teaching and Learning engages students as inquirers and learners.
 The learner profile it supports is: 
Inquirers: Students are encouraged to look at how the earthquake has impacted life in Nepal. How natural disasters that have happened in the past have affected communities. Look at how different measures have been introduced, how can they be made better. 
Reflective: Students are inquiring about how systems can be made better and the different ways in which communities need help around the world. First world vs Third world. 

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