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MYP Curriculum
Each year
students build their personal storehouse of concepts, skills, knowledge, and
attitudes through the study of eight subject groups described below.
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Mathematics |
"Mathematics, rightly viewed,
possesses not only truth, but also supreme beauty." Bertrand
Russell Mathematics is well known
as a foundation for the study of sciences, engineering and technology.
However, it is also increasingly important in other areas of knowledge such
as economics and other social sciences. MYP mathematics aims to equip
all students with the knowledge, understanding and intellectual capabilities
to address further courses in mathematics, as well as to prepare those
students who will use mathematics in their workplace and life in general.
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| Language A (Language Arts) |
"The individual’s whole experience is built upon the plan of
his language." Henri Delacroix
"The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light
up what is suited to the light." Anatole France
MYP language A is academically rigorous, and equips students
with linguistic, analytical and communicative skills that can also be used
in an interdisciplinary manner across all other subject groups. There are
six skill areas: listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing and
presenting, which develop as both independent and interdependent skills. |
| Science |
MYP sciences emphasizes the
role of inquiry and encourages the development of not only scientific
inquiry skills but also transferable thinking skills.
MYP sciences aims to be inclusive of all
students and should challenge all students by providing opportunities for
different needs and learning styles. |
| Humanities (Social Studies) |
Humanities in the MYP has the
potential to consist of a broad range of traditionally separate subjects
such as geography, history, economics, politics, civics, sociology,
anthropology and psychology. Concepts included in the study of Humanities
include the concepts of time, place and space, change, systems, and global
awareness, as well as technical, analytical, decision-making and
investigative skills. |
| Language B (Spanish) |
Wer fremde Sprachen nicht
kennt, weiss nichts von seiner eigenen. [They who are ignorant of foreign
languages know not their own.] Johann Wolfgang
von Goethe
The primary aim of language B in the MYP is
to encourage students to gain competence in a modern language other than
their mother tongue, with the long‑term goal of balanced bilingualism. |
| Art (Performing and Visual) |
"T he arts
enable us to have an experience we can have from no other source and through
such an experience to discover the range and variety of what we are capable
of feeling." Eisner, E. 2002. The Arts and the Creation of Mind.
MYP arts values the process of creating artwork as much as
the finished product; the two elements combined tell us what students have
experienced, learned and attempted to convey. In this way, the educational
value of any artwork is seen by placing it within the context of its
creation. |
| Technology |
Inquiry and problem solving
are at the heart of MYP technology. Students are expected to solve problems
using technology. MYP technology uses the design cycle
as the model of thinking and the strategy to help students investigate
problems and design, plan, create and evaluate the products/solutions that
they generate. A product/solution can be defined
as a model, prototype, product or system that students have generated
independently. This means that MYP technology expects students to become
actively involved in and to focus on the whole design process rather than on
the final products/solutions. |
| Physical Education |
Physical education in the MYP
is concerned with more than just participating in sports and games. Its
primary aims are to encourage the development of “intelligent performers”
and to encourage students to understand the importance of a balanced,
healthy lifestyle. Students should develop knowledge, critical
thinking and reflection skills, and a sense of responsibility, as well as
interpersonal and self-motivational skills. This in turn should encourage
choices that will contribute to long-term healthy living. |
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