Överraskande Älmhult - internationellt & nära
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School +46 (0)476-554 95
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Box 501
S-343 23 Älmhult
S-343 23 Älmhult
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MYP Programme
The English School in Älmhult is a candidate school* for the Middle Years programme. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School.
These are schools that share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that The English School believes is important for our students.
These are schools that share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that The English School believes is important for our students.
*Only schools authorized by the IB organization can offer any of its three academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), or the Diploma Programme. Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.
For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit http://www.ibo.org
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The Middle Years Programme
The IBO´s Middle Years Programme (MYP) provides a framework of academic challenge and life skills for students aged 11-16 years. The five-year programme offers an educational approach that embraces yet transcends traditional school subjects. It follows naturally the Primary Years Programme and serves as excellent preparation for the Diploma Programme. Schools may subscribe to any or all of the programmes; however, none is a prerequisite for another. The framework is flexible enough to allow a school to include other subjects not determined by the IBO but which might be required by local authorities. After consultation with the IBO, and provided certain conditions are met, schools enjoy much flexibility in terms of language of instruction and languages taught. The MYP, like the other two programmes of the International Baccalaureate Organization, is based on the premise that education can foster understanding among young people around the world. Intercultural awareness is central to the programme, to enable future generations to live more peacefully and productively than we do today.
Students at this stage—early puberty to mid-adolescence—are in a particularly critical phase of personal and intellectual development. This is a time of uncertainty, sensitivity, resistance and questioning. An educational programme needs to provide them with discipline, skills and challenging standards, but also with creativity and flexibility. The IBO builds its programme around these considerations but it is also concerned that students develop a personal value system by which to guide their own lives, as thoughtful members of local communities and the larger world.
The curriculum
The MYP programme provides a thorough study of various disciplines (see curriculum model). It also accentuates the interrelatedness of them, acknowledging the role of the subject disciplines and transdisciplinary study.
At the same time, the IBO recognizes the importance of respecting the independence and integrity of each discipline.
Areas of interaction Five perspectives known as the areas of interaction are at the core of the MYP programme. These are: approaches to learning; community service, health and social education, environment, and homo faber. These pervade and recur throughout the five years of the MYP, through the eight subject groups, but also through interdisciplinary teaching and projects, whole school activities and the MYP personal project. The areas of interaction are not directly assessed nor awarded individual grades, since they are themes rather than subjects. They are, however, indirectly assessed through the personal project.
Personal project This is an independent piece of work that is intended to be the culmination of the student´s involvement with the five areas. It may be an essay, an artistic production or other form of expression, with the topic chosen in consultation with teachers.
Academic disciplines: the subject groups The emphasis is on a conceptual framework with objectives that are oriented towards skills and the learning process. The areas of interaction are addressed within these disciplines.
Program evaluation
Teams appointed by the IBO carry out on-site evaluations that assess the effectiveness of the delivery of the MYP at a school. The evaluation process does not assess individual teachers or students. Evaluators include IBO personnel, teachers who work with the Middle Years Programme or professionals in education who are familiar with the programme.
The evaluation must follow a process of self-study at the school, guided by the regional office of the IBO.
Student assessment
Teachers assess student work with guidance from the IBO according to prescribed, published criteria that state final levels of achievement in each discipline.
The programme places special emphasis on formative assessment, which is used at different stages of the learning process to measure the progress of the student and make necessary adjustments to teaching plans and methods. The students are also involved in formative self-assessment of their work and they reflect on their own approaches to learning.
The final result - A portfolio of achievement
The student´s accomplishments, measured during the school´s assessment process, are recorded by the school in a portfolio of achievement. The IBO provides a portfolio for each student who completes the MYP. It includes documents from the IBO as well as papers and certificates from the school that reflect the content and nature of the local programme. The portfolio, which has a self-evaluation by the student, may contain academic results, information about community service, the personal project and extracurricular achievements. A student´s achievements in subjects that are not part of the MYP may also be recorded.
Schools often opt for an MYP certificate, accompanied by a record of achievement. These are formal documents limited to schools that elect to have their own assessment of their students validated by the IBO.
Sidan uppdaterades 2009-01-16
