IB 4350 - PROFESSIONAL LEARNING: PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAMME

3 Credit Hour(s)
This course is part of the sequence leading to the International Baccalaureate (IB) Educator Certificate in Teaching and Learning: Primary Years Programme (PYP). This course focuses on the central tenet of teacher professionalism and the need to engage in critical self-reflection and improvement. Reflection is an essential part in the process of reviewing, and consequently amending, practice - itself a requisite in the ever-changing context of IB teaching and learning. In the area of international education, where affecting attitudinal and behavioral change is valued as highly as developing knowledge and skills, the need to review practice and to evaluate its success in achieving appropriate student learning outcomes is particularly salient. Teachers reflecting individually and collaboratively not only model good learning strategies to their students, but also enhance their own understanding of IB programme practices and their role in promoting international education. It is through the process of self and collegial reflection that teachers are able to develop and articulate a personal, independent and critical stance in relation to contrasting perspectives on issues, policies and developments in the IB programmes and thus able to contribute to a lasting impact on learning.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of department head
Offered: Fall, Spring