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Middle years program (MYP)
Middle years program (MYP)
The MYP is designed for students in grades 6-10 (ages 11-16).
It provides a framework of learning that encourages students to become creative, critical and reflective thinkers. The MYP emphasizes intellectual challenge, encouraging students to make connections between their studies in traditional subjects and the real world. It fosters the development of skills for communication, intercultural understanding and global engagement—essential qualities for young people who are becoming global leaders.
The program model highlights the important shared features of an IB education.
The program model highlights the important shared features of an IB education.
Developing the attributes of the learner profile
Approaches to teaching and approaches to learning
Age-appropriate culminating experiences: Personal project and Service and action
An organized and aligned structure of subject groups or disciplines
Development of international-mindedness as a primary aim and context for learning
IB Learner Profile
IB Learner Profile
The IB learner profile is the IB mission statement translated into a set of learning outcomes for the 21st century.
The IB learner profile is the IB mission statement translated into a set of learning outcomes for the 21st century.
Our learning community, both in and out of the classroom, should provide opportunities for students to develop these intellectual abilities and attitudes to be prepared to be college and career ready in a global society.
Inspired by the mission statement and reflected in the IB learner profile, the MYP is guided by three fundamental concepts for teaching and learning:.
Intercultural Awareness – concerned with developing students’ attitudes, knowledge and skills as they learn about their own and others’ social and national cultures. By encouraging students to consider multiple perspectives, intercultural awareness not only fosters tolerance and respect, but also leads to empathy and understanding.
Holistic Education - emphasizes the links between the disciplines, providing a global view of situations and issues. Students should become more aware of the relevance of their learning, and come to see knowledge as an interrelated whole. Students should see the cohesion and the complementary nature of various fields of study, but this must not be done to the detriment of learning with each of the disciplines, which retain their own objectives and methodology.
Communication - the MYP stresses the central importance of communication, which is fundamental to learning, as it supports inquiry and understanding and allows student reflection and expression. The MYP places particular emphasis on language acquisition and allows students to explore multiple forms of expression.
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