Co-constructing central ideas with students by Sandra Wesson https://padlet.com/wesson/l5wf9jxtcmji How this supports student agency in PYP en-us 2018-12-13 10:14:53 UTC 2018-12-14 10:41:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Creating success criteria with students (building student agency) wesson https://padlet.com/wesson/l5wf9jxtcmji/wish/314180991
  • Process is described for Southbank International School in England
  • First gather a selection of central ideas from own programme of inquiry or from other schools
  • Students use justification ranking to place central ideas in order from broadest to least scope for inquiry
  • Students discuss rankings in pairs and share decisions with another pair and then this pair shares decisions with another pair
  • Teacher creates chart noting key words for developing most effective central ideas and rationale for top rankings
  • Students determine class consensus for success criteria for most effective central ideas
  • Students use the criteria to write their own central ideas





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  • Co-constructing central ideas (CCI) directly connects with PYP focus on conceptual understanding
  • CCI supports student agency, the main focus of the enhanced PYP.
  • CCI develops approaches to learning (ATL) skills in students
  • CCI develops student ability to take student initiated action.
  • CCI supports the PYP focus on student-led inquiry and international mindedness/learner profile attributes awareness.  







    • ]]>     2018-12-14 02:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wesson/l5wf9jxtcmji/wish/314524795     Developing teacher capabilities wesson https://padlet.com/wesson/l5wf9jxtcmji/wish/314524938 Feedback and feed forward:  Principles that drive process as teachers and students reflect and are equal partners in the learning

    Teachers learn how to develop success criteria with students 

    Teachers develop capacity to assess students' prior knowledge and thinking process 








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  • Voice, choice, and ownership of strong central idea drives personalized learning.
  • Co-constructing central ideas (CCI) with students strengthens their approach to inquiry
  • CCI strengthens students conceptual understandings within unit of inquiry


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