The PYP Learner Profile

A Blended-Learning Professional Development Course for PYP Educators

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Index

All learners must complete Module 1 and the self-evaluation. After Completing unit 1, you may choose one or both tracks based on your understanding of the content and professional interests. Tracks provide extension materials.

Module 01

Extension 1

Extension 2

Quiz

Objectives

Unit Central Idea and Lines of Inquiry

Central Idea The Primary Years Program Learner Profile is core to the curriculum and must be visible in planning, instruction, and assessment. Lines of Inquiry

What is the form and function of the PYP Learner Profile and how do the ATLs support attribute development?
How can teachers plan and implement growth in the Learner Profile attributes during face-to-face instruction and in the "digital space"?
How is the Learner Profile supported by research in SECD?
What are the developmental characteristics of the Learner Profile attributes and how can these be objectively assessed?

Module 01

An Introduction to the Approaches to Learning (or ATLs) and the Learner Profile (LP)

Module 1 ObjectivesWhat is the form and function of the PYP Learner Profile and how do the ATLs support attribute development?How can teachers plan and implement growth in the Learner Profile attributes during face-to-face and online learning?

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LP TRIVIA

MaTch-up the Attribute with the correct IBO definition

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Knowledgeable

Thinkers

Inquirers

We nurture our curiosity, developing skills for inquiry and research. We know how to learn independently and with others. We learn with enthusiasm and sustain our love of learning throughout life.

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Reason: Knowledgeable, Inquirer, and Thinker all share characteristics and link-up with observable and assessable ATLs including "Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Self-Management Skills, and Social-Skills."

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Caring

Balanced

Open-Mindedness

We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives—intellectual, physical, and emotional—to achieve well-being for ourselves and others. We recognize our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.

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Right answer!

Reason: This LP attribute is more challenging to observe, measure, and assess. It links-up most with the ATLs "Self-Management and Social-Skills" but includes others.

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Thinker

Open-Mindedness

Reflective

We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience. We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and personal development.

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Right answer!

Reason: Reflective certainly relates be being a "Thinker." "Reflective" relates closely to the ATLs included in "Self-Management skills, Thinking Skills and arguably "Research Skills."

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Risk-Takers

Communicators

Principled

We approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.

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Reason: "Risk-Taker" is refered to as "courageous" at some PYP schools. "Risk-Taker" includes a few ATL categories due to its broad definition including "Self-Management skills, social skills, research skills, thinking skills."

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Principled

Balanced

Caring

We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere. We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.

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Reason: Principled certainly relates to "Caring" and "open-mindedness." This attribute is supported by a focus on self-management skills and social skills.

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Knowledgeable

Thinkers

Inquirers

We develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines. We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global signifcance.

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Reason: Knowledgeable, Thinker, and Inquirer are all related in terms of the skills necessary to demonstrate the attribute. However, there are key differences.

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Module 01

The Learner Profile is Research-Supported

Click the links below to access and read research summaries supporting implementation of the LP with fidelity accross the IB continuum.

The IB teacher professional: Identifying, measuring and characterizing pedagogical attributes, perspectives and beliefs

“Caring” across the International Baccalaureate continuum

“The international-mindedness journey: School practices for developing and assessing international-mindedness across the IB continuum

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The ATLs

Supporting development of the Learner Profile

Approaches to learning (ATL) are skills designed to enable students to “learn how to learn.” They are intended to apply across curriculum requirements and provide a common language for teachers and students to use when reflecting and building on the process of learning. IB World Schools are required to ensure there is an ATL planning chart for all years. Implementation would see ATLs implicitly and explicitly embedded into day-to-day learning experiences, so that students have opportunities to practice and incrementally develop a range of ATL skills.Click "info" to learn more about the IB educational philosophy

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The ATLs

The ATLs include five domains. These domains are often related and somewhat interdependent. All domains are also developmental, The ATLs support growth on the Learner Profile and create curricular alignment. The only way to teach the PYP with fidelity, is to explicitly plan for student engagements that provide opportunity to work on ATL skills and reflect on Learner Profile Attributes. They go hand in hand.

Click "info" to read a case study about "thinking skills"

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The PYP ATLs and Learner Profile offer...

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PYP students learn to appreciate knowledge, conceptual understandings, skills and personal attributes as a connected whole.

Through this process of learning in the PYP, students become competent learners, self-driven to have the cognitive, affective and social tools to engage in lifelong learning.

Thinking Skills include a developmental spectrum...

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Formulating questions, observing, planning, collecting data, recording data, organizing data, interpreting data, presenting research findings.

Listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, presneting, non-verbal communication.

Aquisition of Knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, evaluation, dialectic thought, metacognition.

Self-Management skills includes a developmental continuum...

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Gross motor skills, fine motor skills, spatial awareness, organization, time management, safety, healthy lifestyle, codes of behavior, informed choices.

Accepting responsibility, group decision-making, adopting a variety of group roles, respecting others, cooperating, resolving conflict.

Listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, presneting, non-verbal communication.

Communcation skills form a complex interdependent developmental web including...

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Accepting responsibility, group decision-making, adopting a variety of group roles, respecting others, cooperating, resolving conflict.

Listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, presneting, non-verbal communication.

Aquisition of Knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, evaluation, dialectic thought, metacognition.

Social Skills alse progress on a developmental spectrum and include...

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LEVEL 5

Gross motor skills, fine motor skills, spatial awareness, organization, time management, safety, healthy lifestyle, codes of behavior, informed choices.

Listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, presneting, non-verbal communication.

Accepting responsibility, group decision-making, adopting a variety of group roles, respecting others, cooperating, resolving conflict.

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Extension 1

What is the form and function of the PYP Learner Profile and how do the ATLs support attribute development?

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The LP and ATLs

How it all aligns...

Here is the framework for how the Learner Profile aligns with research-supported practice in character education. The Learner Profile includes attributes from each "virture domain" identified including "Affective, Cognitive, Conative, and Social."

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Each "type" of LP attribute aligns with specific ATL domains more than others...

The "Cognitive" attributes, including Knowledgeable, Reflective, and Thinker most closely relate to Thinking skills, Research skills, and Communication Skills.
The "Affective and Social" attributes, including Balanced, Risk-Taker, Caring, Communicator, and Open-Minded most closely align to Self-Management, Social skills, and Communication skills.
The "Conative" attributes including Principled and Inquirer require a mix of all ATL domains and are (perhaps) the most challenging to assess.

The PYP Learner Profile

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