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In an IB education, understanding big ideas (called concepts) is key. These concepts help students make connections between different subjects. When students grasp these big ideas, they can better understand how smaller pieces of information fit together in a meaningful way.
The most important concepts in the curriculum are introduced through guiding questions. Teachers and students use these questions to plan lessons that focus on inquiry and exploration. These questions help shape the lessons, giving them a clear purpose and direction. In this way, the guiding questions and the important concepts they relate to are central to how the PYP curriculum is taught.
Form
Form
What is it like?
The understanding that everything has a form with recognizable features that can be observed, identified, described and categorized.
Function
Function
How does it work?
The understanding that everything has a purpose, a role or a way of behaving that can be investigated.
Causation
Causation
Why is it as it is?
The understanding that things do not just happen; there are causal relationships at work, and that actions have consequences.
Change
Change
How is it transforming?
The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
Connection
Connection
How is it linked to other things?
The understanding that we live in a world of interacting systems in which the actions of any individual element affect others.
Perspective
Perspective
What are the points of view?
The understanding that knowledge is moderated by different points of view which lead to different interpretations, understandings and findings; perspectives may be individual, group, cultural or subject-specific.
Responsibility
Responsibility
What are our obligations?
The understanding that people make choices based on their understandings, beliefs and values, and the actions they take as a result do make a difference.
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