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Service as Action is a requirement of the IB Middle Years Programme. It is an essential component that allows students to extend their learning beyond the classroom and into the wider community. It gives students the opportunity to connect and contribute to the real world, and empowers them to become global citizens.
Service: An unpaid and voluntary exchange that has a learning benefit for the student. The rights, dignity and autonomy of all those involved are respected.
Action: Taking ‘action’ on an issue in the local, national or global community.
Students will participate in two main types of service experience.
A service activity - this is an activity organised by someone else which students attend. An example of this may be an after school club.
A service project - this is an activity organised and planned by the student themselves. It should follow all of the steps of the inquiry cycle, and should last for more than one month.
Why do Service as Action in the IB Middle Years Programme?
Why do Service as Action in the IB Middle Years Programme?
Middle Years Programme projects prepare students for further education projects and presentations, such as those in the Diploma Programme. There are strong links between the Middle Years Programme projects and subject-specific assessments in the Diploma Programme, through the nature of the task and the presentation style of the report; however, Middle Years Programme projects relate most directly to core actions in the Diploma Programme such as Creativity, Action and Service.
The community project emphasizes experiential learning, which is developed further in the Personal Project also. Through Middle Years Programme projects, students experience the responsibility of completing a significant piece of work over an extended period of time, as well as the need to reflect on their learning and the outcomes of their work—key skills that prepare students for success in further study, the workplace and the community.
How do we do Service as Action in the IB Middle Years Programme?
How do we do Service as Action in the IB Middle Years Programme?
Following the IB inquiry cycle, students will investigate, plan, take action and reflect. The project objectives are detailed in the cycle.
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