Approaches to teaching and learning in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme
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What are the IB approaches to learning skills? 1. Thinking skills 2. Communications skills 3. Social skills 4. Self-management skills 5. Research skills The IB approaches to teaching skills are... 1. based on inquiry 2. focused on conceptual understanding
ATL has always been part of IB teaching “What is of paramount importance in the pre-university stage is not what is learned but learning how to learn … What matters is not the absorption and regurgitation either of fact or predigested interpretations of facts, but the development of powers of the mind or ways of thinking which can be applied to new situations and new presentations of facts as they arise.” "MFD1FUFSTPO 1FUFSTPO " The International Baccalaureate: An experiment in International Education.-POEPO (FPSHF)BSSBQ
3. developed in local and global contexts 4. focused on effective teamwork and collaboration 5. differentiated to meet the needs of all learners 6. informed by formative and summative assessment.
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“DP ATL is an evolutionary development in pedagogical leadership—inspired by best practice in our IB school community.”
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Where can IB schools find the new ATL resources?
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