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Purpose of workshop
Purpose of workshop
This workshop has been designed to help teachers understand the aims and objectives of MYP Design as well as, to help them navigate the teaching and learning of Design.
This workshop has been designed to help teachers understand the aims and objectives of MYP Design as well as, to help them navigate the teaching and learning of Design.
Workshop Leader:
Kurt Carlson is an IB Lead Educator that has been involved with the IB since 2006. He currently is teaching Design and Physical Science to 8th graders for his 27th year at Hopkins North Middle School in Minnetonka, Minnesota. Previously he has taught 8th grade Earth Science as well as coordinated an MYP for nine years. Additionally, he has served as the President of the Minnesota Association of IB World Schools from 2017-2019 and is very active in the IB Educator Network (IBEN) that visits schools, provides workshops and consults with schools working to become IB World Schools.
Kurt's wife is also a teacher and has taught 2nd, 4th, and 5th graders over the last 28 years. His 22 year old son is a Senior at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota and his 20 year old daughter is attending Hamline University in St. Paul as well as playing soccer for them.
Email: kurt.carlson@hopkinsschools.org
Workshop objectives
Essential understandings
• Unit planning across the IB programmes is an interconnected, ongoing cycle.
• There are multiple entry points to unit planning; educators can begin designing unit planners from content, concept(s), context(s) or skills when starting unit planning.
• Unit planners are dynamic documents that evolve as educators grow and develop, ensuring that each part of the planning process flows seamlessly into the next.
• Peer-to-peer engagement in this workshop content encourages risk taking, experimentation and reflection that can lead to shared new understandings.
The workshop is broken down into the following four inquiries
• Inquiry 1: How might content enhance your unit planning process?
• Inquiry 2: How might contextual learning and teaching enhance your unit planning process?
• Inquiry 3: How might teaching for conceptual understanding as an outcome enhance your unit planning process?
• Inquiry 4: How might skills associated with approaches to learning enhance your unit planning process?
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