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MYP workshops – Category 3
The personal project
This workshop is based on the MYP Personal project
guide, and it is intended to guide MYP practitioners
towards a deeper understanding of the personal
project as a meaningful culmination of student’s
journey in the MYP. You will conduct a group inquiry
that will enable you to explore the different stages
of the personal project to gain a first-hand understanding of its constructivist inquiry-based nature.
You will also discover the importance of creating
environments that are conducive to student
learning and reflection in addition to develop
strategies that support the implementation of the
personal project at your school. Through a practical
approach, participants will understand the positive
impact the personal project has on the school
community by making the programme philosophy
visible and fostering school growth and ongoing
development.
MYP workshops – Category 2
Mathematics
Creating authentic units
Sciences
This workshop is based on the MYP Personal project
Category 2 subject workshops encourage you to:
guide, and it is intended to guide MYP practitioners
• explore and align your practices with the IB
towards a deeper understanding of the personal
standards and practices
• refine and continue to develop a collaborative
project as a meaningful culmination of student’s
journey in the MYP. You will conduct a group inquiry
and collegial approach to the structures and
that will enable you to explore the different stages
principles of your subject group aims and
of the personal project to gain a first-hand under-
objectives
standing of its constructivist inquiry-based nature.
• deepen your understanding and capabilities
You will also discover the importance of creating
for delivering your content through concepts,
environments that are conducive to student
context and approaches to learning skills
learning and reflection in addition to develop
• evaluate, strengthen, and design new tasks that
strategies that support the implementation of the
will support the implementation of your subject
personal project at your school. Through a practical
group expectations
approach, participants will understand the positive
• reflect upon the relevance, innovation, and rigour
impact the personal project has on the school
of the student-centred environments that you
community by making the programme philosophy
have created
visible and fostering school growth and ongoing
• discover and create opportunities to make content
development.
more accessible to a broader range of students.
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