About the MYP
The Middle Years Program is an internationally recognized program of study that was founded in 1992 and currently exists in at least 79 countries throughout the world. There are currently more than 1500 schools around the world that offer the MYP. You can find out more about the MYP by clicking on the button below.
The Middle Years Program is an internationally recognized program of study that was founded in 1992 and currently exists in at least 79 countries throughout the world. There are currently more than 1500 schools around the world that offer the MYP. You can find out more about the MYP by clicking on the button below.
The Middle Years Programme (MYP) is a curriculum framework designed for learners aged 11–16 by the International Baccalaureate (IB). The MYP is a five-year programme, which can be implemented in a partnership between schools or in abbreviated two-, three- or four-year formats. EIS has opted for a three-year format.
The Middle Years Programme (MYP) is a curriculum framework designed for learners aged 11–16 by the International Baccalaureate (IB). The MYP is a five-year programme, which can be implemented in a partnership between schools or in abbreviated two-, three- or four-year formats. EIS has opted for a three-year format.
In an MYP classroom, you’ll notice that the students are at the centre of learning. They are drawing connections between all subject areas, learning is explicitly linked to the world around them, participation in a foreign language is required, and a variety of formal and informal assessments are used to inform teaching and learning. MYP learning experiences infuse global points of view wherever possible in order to promote understanding of other cultures, an awareness of the human condition and an understanding that there is a commonality of human experience.
In an MYP classroom, you’ll notice that the students are at the centre of learning. They are drawing connections between all subject areas, learning is explicitly linked to the world around them, participation in a foreign language is required, and a variety of formal and informal assessments are used to inform teaching and learning. MYP learning experiences infuse global points of view wherever possible in order to promote understanding of other cultures, an awareness of the human condition and an understanding that there is a commonality of human experience.
The MYP curriculum framework comprises eight subject groups, providing a broad and balanced education for early adolescents. Students take the core courses of language and literature, individuals and societies, mathematics, sciences, physical and health education, language acquisition, arts, and design (see the section titled "Criteria and Assessment" for more information) .
The MYP curriculum framework comprises eight subject groups, providing a broad and balanced education for early adolescents. Students take the core courses of language and literature, individuals and societies, mathematics, sciences, physical and health education, language acquisition, arts, and design (see the section titled "Criteria and Assessment" for more information) .
A unique feature of the programme is that it extends the traditional curriculum to include immersion in four themes— approaches to teaching and approaches to learning, global contexts and conceptual learning. Students also complete a personal project, which is an independent year-long development of a product that is based on a topic of the student's own interest (see section "Personal Project).
A unique feature of the programme is that it extends the traditional curriculum to include immersion in four themes— approaches to teaching and approaches to learning, global contexts and conceptual learning. Students also complete a personal project, which is an independent year-long development of a product that is based on a topic of the student's own interest (see section "Personal Project).
Espoo International School became an official IB World School in 2012.
Espoo International School became an official IB World School in 2012.
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