This excerpt from my online course, Essentials for Inquiry: Getting Started with Student-Led Inquiry, shares how the philosophy of a student-centred, inquiry-based approach has endured across time and is spreading more than ever for a reason. You may prefer to go more slowly or dive into all ten attributes at once. This way we can dive into them over the course of a few weeks at the beginning of the year. Having taught upper grades, I have found it best to present only a few attributes at a time.
By recording our thoughts throughout, the children are then able to monitor their own progress as it shifts and changes across the programme of inquiry. We have also focused on the profile traits within our units of inquiry in a similar way. This simple and fun reflection, allows the children to begin to discern who they are as learners in a way that brings it to life in relation to their identity as a whole. Ask them: Are you more of a lion when it comes to learning, or are you more like the hamsters? Do you stand bravely and courageously step into the unknown or do you prefer to work with others, caring about your own feelings as well as those of others? etc. I have done it both ways, depending on the students abilities with language, the vocabulary of the PYP and their thinking skills etc. You can choose to use words or simply begin with only the images. With a simple question and fun images, the children are asked to relate themselves to the pictures. Let’s begin with an inquiry into who we are as learners. And that, as we know, all stems from the IB Learner Profile. As I am building this community of learners, I want them to have a greater understanding of who they are as learners and to recognise and appreciate our diversity. Are you more of the lion type of learner or perhaps you’re more of the hamster? This is a simple activity that I use at the beginning of the school year, as we are getting to know, not only our class community but also ourselves. They spend time doing many different things.What kind of a learner are you? Consider the question.
They understand it is important to have a balance between the physical and mental aspects of their bodies. Students who are BALANCED are healthy and are aware that eating properly and exercising is important in their lives.
We recognize our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live. We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives-intellectual, physical, and emotional-to achieve well-being for ourselves and others. They are able to assess and understand their strengths and limitations in order to support their learning and personal development. For the month of December we are focusing on Balanced.īalanced learners understand the importance of intellectual, physical, and emotional balance to achieve personal well-being for themselves and others. This "IB Learner Profile" also demonstrates how the IB approach is about much more than academic success. Each month at Blair one characteristic is highlighted. As an IB World School, at Blair all students, staff and teachers strive to demonstrate the attributes of Inquirer, Thinker, Caring, Balanced, Knowledgeable, Open Minded, Risk taker, Communicator, Reflective and Principled. The International Baccalaureate (IB) approach applies ten characteristics to describe an IB learner.
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