Here are 10 reasons why the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) encourages students to become creative, critical and reflective learners.
- Become life-long learners. Learn how to learn using communication, research, self-management, collaboration and critical thinking skills.
- Learn by doing and experiencing. Through the MYP community project, students learn to serve the community and connect what they learn in the classroom to "real life"
- The MYP encourages critical thinking. It teaches you to analyse and evaluate issues, generate novel ideas and consider new perspectives.
- Explore global challenges. The MYP helps students increase their understanding of the world by exploring globally signiÿcant ideas and issues.
- Learn for understanding. Not just to memorise facts or topics and prepare for exams.
- Students train themselves to: organise and plan work, meet deadlines, concentrate, bounce back, persist, think positively.
- Subjects are not taught in isolation: Students are encouraged to make connections between subjects.
- It empowers students to develop their talents. Students feel empowered to prove what they know and earn the MYP certificate or MYP course results.
- Prepares students for further education: Prepares students for the IB Diploma, IB Career-related Programme or the Higher School Certificate.
- Encourages international mindedness: The MYP supports students to critically appreciate their own culture and personal history, as well as the values and traditions of others.
Based on IB research. www.ibo.org/research