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Creating partnerships for ATL implementation, Part 4
This is the last in a four-part series on ATL skills implementation. In Part 4 we will look at how we can create partnerships within our programme to strengthen ATL skills development. Structures and...
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Innovative inquiry means conflict (but the cognitive kind)
Margaret Heffernan in her 2012 TED talk cites the female physician Alice Stewart, who applied patterns to epidemiology. Dr. Stewart was interested in why children were dying of cancer, about 25 of...
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Caution with the parachutes
Coordinating the MYP is an open-ended task. Faced with a lot of structures, systems and practices that need to be in place, it is very tempting to take little bits from other existing programs and...
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‘Start with the most difficult task’ they said
“Behavioral scientists have discovered that one of the most effective ways to create an enjoyable experience is to stack the painful parts of the experience early in the process. Psychologically, we...
View ArticleA Question of Coherence
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.“I don’t much care where…” said Alice.“Then it doesn’t matter which...
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10 Questions teams can ask so they can use time for program coherence
Tweaking systems and structures to develop coherence is sometimes challenging for teams. When some people ask, Why are we doing this? That may be an indication that how we do things does not make full...
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Write and share on The Learners Toolbox!
Have you ever thought of sharing all the awesome things you do…but you don’t want to start a blog? Now you can reach a global audience of thousands every month and create an impact by sharing your...
View ArticleIs Coaching Scary?
“When there is no enemy from withinThe external enemy Can do you no harm.”African proverb When a school wants to enact a system-wide change in the ‘ways we do things around here,’ the traditional...
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Wondering About “Othering”– Creating a Culture of Acceptance
By Mayura Tiwari This is the first guest post from a reader. Meet Mayura Tiwari, who teaches Language and literature at an IB World School. For Grade 6, we’ve just finished the first summative of the...
View ArticlePower and Student Voice
This week’s guest post is from Gayatri Mehta, MYP and DP Economics and Theory of Knowledge teacher from Pathways School Noida, India. This article seeks to explore the dynamic, rapidly changing...
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