Choose from a range of articles curated here as you implement inquiry processes that empower you and your students.
Watch this video from our educational consultant to support your school's journey toward using digital tools for planning, teaching, learning, and reflecting.
Download resourceThe article explains the PYP unit planning process, focusing on collaboration, inquiry-based learning, and alignment with IB principles. Key elements include transdisciplinary themes, central ideas, essential questions, and assessments. It also highlights tools like Qridi Core and a free template to streamline planning, promoting reflection, differentiation, and global citizenship.
Core & More Education's founder, Christine Orkisz Lang, presents an articulated ATL curriculum for PYP and MYP to support schools working on this necessary continuum of learning for 21st-century skills and competencies.
Central to the PYP framework are key concepts, which provide a foundation for inquiry-based learning. These concepts are broad, powerful ideas that transcend subject boundaries and encourage students to think deeply and critically about their learning.
The International Baccalaureate (IB) learner profile is a cornerstone of the IB educational framework, guiding students towards becoming well-rounded individuals who are prepared to thrive in a globalized world. This article explores what the IB learner profile is, explains its components, suggests activities to develop these traits, delves into the concept of balance within the learner profile, and discusses the benefits of using Qridi Core for classroom displays and overall implementation.
This article focuses on writing strong PYP central ideas, a starting point in the design of an impactful and international-minded Unit of Inquiry. This ensures that students inquire into, and learn about, globally significant issues in the context of a particular transdisciplinary theme.
Enhance growth by adding a reflection cycle into your inquiry process. Use the adapted version of Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle which has been designed specifically for use by both teachers and learners in inquiry-based settings to significantly enhance the learning process by fostering deeper understanding, self-awareness, and continuous improvement.
This article sheds some light on what the IB programs are today, and why independent schools might wish to consider it as a programmatic alternative.
In the virtual version of this workshop which took place at the CEESA 2023 Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, participants will consider how small adjustments to current curricular objectives can ensure a more inclusive and equitable program based on developmentally-appropriate recommended resources (with examples provided).