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The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) is an educational programme managed by the International Baccalaureate (IB) for students aged 3 to 11. While the programme prepares students for the IB Middle Years Programme, it is not a prerequisite for it. The subject areas of the PYP are language, social studies, mathematics, science and technology, arts, and personal, social and physical education. Students are required to learn a second language during the programme. Assessment is carried out by teachers according to strategies provided by the IB, and with respect to guidelines to what the students should learn specified in the curriculum model.
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Mission Statement
The mission statement of the International Baccalaureate is as follows:
- "The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end, the IB works with schools, governments, and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate, and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right."[1]
History of the Programme
The programme was created by a group of international school educators (Kevin Bartlett of the Vienna International School, Paul Lieblich of Lyford Cay International School, Robert Landau of the Commonwealth American School of Lausanne and Susan Stengal of the Copenhagen International School), who wished to create a non-national based "best practice" educational framework for international schools. This group formed the International Schools Curriculum Project which received funding from original member schools and through the IBO from Shell Oil's international education division. After several years of development and increasing popularity the founding group decided to hand the "project" over to the IBO for management and continuing development.[citation needed]
The Programme's Educational Philosophy
The philosophy of the PYP is to make the students into "inquirers, thinkers, communicators, risk takers, knowledgeable, principled, caring, open-minded, well-balanced, and reflective."[2]
Participation
In order to participate in the IB Primary Years Programme, students must attend an authorised IB World School. [3] "A PYP school is expected to implement the programme in an inclusive manner, so that all students in all the grades/year levels in the school or in the primary division of a school are engaged fully with the PYP."[4]
Footnotes
- ^ "IB Mission and Strategy". http://www.ibo.org/mission/index.cfm. Retrieved 20 Jul 2009.
- ^ "Literature for discussion of the Student Profile of the Primary Years Programme". http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/PYP_Profiles.html. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
- ^ "General FAQ". ibo.org. http://www.ibo.org/ibna/parents_students/generalfaq.cfm#f. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
- ^ "IB Primary Years Programme". ibo.org. http://www.ibo.org/pyp/curriculum/. Retrieved August 06, 2009.
External links
- The Primary Years Programme at the official IB website.
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