International Baccalaureate
Workbook for
Developing the MYP
Table of contents
Developmental mindset #1 – Why?
• Why MYP? reflection sheet
Developmental mindset #2 – What?
• Blank table with aims/objectives
• Broad ideas about photo reflection
• Global contexts and explorations
Developmental mindset #3 – How?
• Nano PD discussion notes
Developmental mindset #4 – Design
• Plan notes
Developmental Mindset
#1 – Why
Why MYP?
Developmental Mindset
#2 – What
Subject group aims and objectives
How do I meet these Circle the objective(s) I am How will students demonstrate what
aims now? addressing. they know and can do?
“Summative Assessment”
1. A, B, C, D
2. A, B, C, D
3. A, B, C, D
4. A, B, C, D
5. A, B, C, D
6. A, B, C, D
7. A, B, C, D
Broad ideas about photo
Global contexts and explorations
Focus question(s) and
Global context Example explorations
description
Who am I? Who are we? Possible explorations to develop:
Students will explore identity; beliefs • competition and cooperation; teams, affiliation
and values; personal, physical, and leadership
mental, social and spiritual health; • identity formation; self-esteem; status; roles and
human relationships including families, role model
friends, communities and cultures; • personal efficacy and agency; attitudes,
Identities and
what it means to be human. motivation, independence; happiness and the
relationships
good life
• physical, psychological and social development;
transitions; health and well-being; lifestyle
choices
• human nature and human dignity; moral
reasoning and ethical judgment; consciousness
and mind.
What is the meaning of “where” and
“when”? Possible explorations to develop:
Students will explore personal • civilizations and social histories, heritage,
histories; homes and journeys; turning pilgrimage, migration, displacement and
Orientation in space points in humankind; discoveries; exchange
and time explorations and migrations of • epochs, eras, turning points and “big history”
humankind; the relationships between, • scale, duration, frequency and variability
and the interconnectedness of, • peoples, boundaries, exchange and interaction
individuals and civilizations, from • natural and human landscapes and resources
personal, local and global • evolution, constraints and adaptation.
perspectives.
Global Focus question(s) and Example explorations
context description
What is the nature and purpose of Possible explorations to develop:
creative expression?
• artistry, craft, creation, beauty
Students will explore the ways in • products, systems and institutions
Personal and which we discover and express ideas, • social constructions of reality; philosophies and
cultural feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and ways of life; belief systems; ritual and play
expression values; the ways in which we reflect • critical literacy, languages and linguistic
on, extend and enjoy our creativity; systems; histories of ideas, fields and
our appreciation of the aesthetic. disciplines; analysis and argument
• metacognition and abstract thinking
• entrepreneurship, practice and competency.
How do we understand the world in Possible explorations to develop:
which we live?
• systems, models, methods; products,
Students will explore the natural world processes and solutions
and its laws; the interaction between • adaptation, ingenuity and progress
people and the natural world; how • opportunity, risk, consequences and
humans use their understanding of responsibility
scientific principles; the impact of • modernization, industrialization and
Scientific and
scientific and technological advances engineering
technical
on communities and environments; • digital life, virtual environments and the
innovation
the impact of environments on human Information Age
activity; how humans adapt • the biological revolution
environments to their needs. • mathematical puzzles, principles and
discoveries.
Global context Focus question(s) and description Example explorations
How is everything connected? Possible explorations to develop:
Students will explore the • markets, commodities and commercialization
interconnectedness of human-made • human impact on the environment
systems and communities; the • commonality, diversity and interconnection
relationship between local and global • consumption, conservation, natural resources
Globalization and
processes; how local experiences and public goods
sustainability
mediate the global; the opportunities • population and demography
and tensions provided by world- • urban planning, strategy and infrastructure.
interconnectedness; the impact of
decision-making on humankind and
the environment.
What are the consequences of our Possible explorations to develop
common humanity?
democracy, politics, government and civil
Students will explore rights and society
responsibilities; the relationship inequality, difference and inclusion
between communities; sharing finite human capability and development; social
Fairness and
resources with other people and with entrepreneurs
development
other living things; access to equal rights, law, civic responsibility and the public
opportunities; peace and conflict sphere
resolution. justice, peace and conflict management
power and privilege
authority, security and freedom
imagining a hopeful future.
Developmental Mindset
#3 – How?
Nano PD Discussion Notes
Developmental Mindset
#4 – Design
Plan Discussion Notes
Other Notes
