Conceptual LearningKey ConceptsThe MYP curriculum is grounded in concept-based instruction and learning, helping students become critical thinkers and creative problem solvers. Instead of only teaching students subject specific knowledge, teachers help students see larger concepts, or big ideas, that transcend a subject and might be applicable in more than one subject, such as in the examples below.
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Covering both subject-specific topics while connecting them to larger concepts helps students retain the important real world ideas they will need in the future, as well as make connections between what they are learning in different classes. To this end, the MYP focuses on sixteen overarching Key Concepts that students focus on over the course of the year through their different and use as a way to begin their inquiry into a given unit focus. "These concepts are not only “key” in the sense of being important; they also provide a key—a way into a body of knowledge through structured and sustained inquiry" (MYP From Principles to Practice). They also help foster students' ability to transfer ideas and skills from one subject to another.
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Related Concepts |
Related Concepts are subject-specific ideas that are concepts that will be important each year of a student's study. Teachers select one or more related concepts per unit to extend learning, develop deeper understanding, and create different perspectives on the larger key concept. Below are links to each of the subject's related concepts:
Language and Literature (ELA) Language Acquisition (World Language) Individuals in Society (Social Studies) Mathematics Sciences Physical and Health Education Design Arts ( performing and visual) |