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The same six approaches underpin teaching in all IB programs. The approaches are deliberately broad, designed to give teachers the flexibility to choose specific strategies to employ that best reflect the particular contexts of the curriculum and the needs of their students.
The same six approaches underpin teaching in all IB programs. The approaches are deliberately broad, designed to give teachers the flexibility to choose specific strategies to employ that best reflect the particular contexts of the curriculum and the needs of their students.
Our focus on approaches to learning (ATL) is grounded in the belief that learning how to learn is fundamental to a student’s education. The five categories of interrelated skills aim to empower IB students of all ages to become self-regulated learners who know how to ask good questions, set effective goals, pursue their aspirations and have the determination to achieve them. These skills also help to support students’ sense of agency, encouraging them to see their learning as an active and dynamic process.
Our focus on approaches to learning (ATL) is grounded in the belief that learning how to learn is fundamental to a student’s education. The five categories of interrelated skills aim to empower IB students of all ages to become self-regulated learners who know how to ask good questions, set effective goals, pursue their aspirations and have the determination to achieve them. These skills also help to support students’ sense of agency, encouraging them to see their learning as an active and dynamic process.
Approaches to Learning
Thinking Skills
Including areas such as critical thinking, creative thinking and ethical thinking
Social Skills
Including areas such as forming and maintaining positive relationships, listening skills and conflict resolution
Communication Skills
Including skills such as written and oral communication, effective listening, and formulating arguments.
Self Management Skills
Including both organizational skills such as managing time and tasks, and affective skills, such as managing state of mind and motivation
Research Skills
Including skills such as comparing, contrasting, validating, and prioritizing information
Approaches to Teaching
Approaches to Teaching
Based on Inquiry. A strong emphasis is placed on students finding their own information and constructing their own understanding.
Focused on conceptual understanding. Concepts are explored in order to both deepen disciplinary understanding and to help students make connections and transfer learning to new contexts.
Developed in local and global contexts. Teaching uses real-life contexts and examples, and students are encouraged to process new information by connecting it to their own experiences and to the world around them.
Focused on effective teamwork and collaboration. This includes promoting teamwork and collaboration between students, but also refers to the collaborative relationship between teachers and students.
Designed to remove barriers to learning. Teaching is inclusive and values diversity. It affirms students' identities, aim to create learning opportunities that enable every student to develop and pursue appropriate personal goals.
Informed by assessment. Assessment plays a crucial role in supporting, as well as measuring, learning. This approach also recognizes the crucial role of providing students with effective feedback.
From the document What is an IB Education?
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