Embedding international-mindedness padlet by Sharyn

Post your plan here (Sharyn)

sharynskrtic1 — 2019-05-04 11:59:17 UTC

Consider some of the strategies suggested to Andrea and Toni to encourage international-mindedness in their schools. Which strategies would you use in your school?

Develop a plan of things you could implement in your classroom or school to embed international-mindedness. You can choose whatever tool you like to make this plan (text, audio, video, etc.).
- Can you make this change alone?
- Who might you need to collaborate with?
- Is this a short-term strategy or a long-term strategy?
- How will you know it is working?

2019-05-11 11:20:51 UTC

Implementing International mindedness in the classroom

-sharing stories with the children from around the world invites discussion and celebration of our similarities and differences, they encourage empathy towards others and spark curiosity about the world around us. Getting children or inviting parents to come in and read stories in their mother tongue to the classroom; or using an online site such as https://storyweaver.org.in/ which is platform of books of different levels that can be listened to or readalong in different languages.

Celebrations: International breakfast morning. Children and the school community come together to celebrate how diverse our school community is through healthy eating.

Celebrations of cultures within the classroom; reasons why people celebrate; looking at similarities and differences why people celebrate; children share their own experiences and celebrations. By understanding and respecting other people’s perspectives it helps children to develop empathy.

Art, Music and PE: viewing artwork from different cultures; in music children share songs from their own culture and talk about the occasions when these songs are sung; in PE children could learn about different sports that are popular in their cultures or they could learn dances from around the world.

Modern Foreign language classroom corner: a designated part of the classroom where children can display in their mother tongue key vocabulary they would like to teach to the rest of the class. It could be as simple as greetings or more advanced vocabulary such as having the PYP Learner Profiles or Attitudes on display in different languages.

SEN Circle Time

jrogers292 — 2019-05-11 12:46:27 UTC

Implementing International Mindedness in additional group lessons.

Implementing International mindedness in the classroom and school.

2019-05-11 12:48:57 UTC

International food day

Each month teachers and students can vote for the food from different cultures that they would like to try, by votes school ambassadors and canteen stuff can decide what international food day will be next month? (for example: Italian food day, Chinese food day) This kind of international days can raise open mindedness towards other cultures and traditions.

International conferences inviting people from different countries

Inviting people from different countries who are good at music, art, literature, dance and who can share their experience would be an opportunity for kids to broaden horizons, to become interested in something new and they will have more desire to meet people who come from different cultures.

Activities during music classes

Learning songs in different languages is also another way to become mind opened. As we know music is an international language and it can bring together all different types of cultures.

All these activities would be a long term strategy realized by collaboration of homeroom teachers, specialist teachers, assistants. At the same time this would be an opportunity to unite the school.

How will you know it is working? - The feedback from students and their parents would be the first sign of being on a right way.

Elmira Jesajana

Ideas to Embedding international mindedness in different subjects (Marco Leonardi)

2019-05-11 19:33:22 UTC

Together we hang up a map of the world and put small flags with names or numbers of each child in the country or countries where the child lives and has lived. Depending on the size of the map, it may even be possible to mark a trip with a colored string.

Every other week or two stands in the name of another country. And we have special activities during class. It would be best to collaborate with all subject teachers. Maybe ask the whole school community or ask parents to join the class for a talk. There are possibilities to learn about countries in every subject.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M47XlbYWMOVfI3ecTu2FUoosqoQHYnoQ6-0foHk2faM/edit

Implementing International mindedness in the classroom.

jpolanco3 — 2019-05-12 03:43:42 UTC

I am currently a kindergarten teacher and I loved the idea of having students have penpals that they would share different experiences with. I think this would help student develop a personal connection and get a better understanding of diversity and different perspectives. I would even have my students video chat as a whole class.

To do this: I would...
-Not be able to do this on my own.
-Collaborate with my grade team as well as teachers around the school to see who has access/connections with schools around the world.
-This would be a short-term strategy that students will do during the 6weeks of their unit. However parents and students will have the choice to continue to stay in connect with penpals after the fact. (They can reach out to penpals once a month)
-Check-In with students to see if this strategy is working by having them do a share with the class about something they've learned about their penpals culture background, journal reflections, venn diagrams to compare their culture and their penpals, etc.

Implementing International mindedness in school

LiyingCui — 2019-05-12 04:11:29 UTC

International Week
This event lasts for one week, each day we host activities for different groups of students regarding to international-mindedness. Main activity including: International food tasting, International parade, Fun with flags, International space and Global community day. This event is a school wide event, so all the departments should get involved in. This is a long-term strategy to promote international-mindedness in our school. All the school learning community will participate in this events, so both students and parents can benefit from this event.

Implementing international mindedness in our school

2019-05-12 19:15:20 UTC

- Travel the world to find out what other children do and how they live (project): create a story where we dig a hole in our classroom and every week we get out in a different country. We can bring pictures/videos to show students how other children live in different countries, find out about the games they play (and play these games together), the types of food they eat, the types of clothes they wear, their favourite stories, etc.

- International fair: organize an international fair where students/families can share a little bit about their culture, food, music, dances, etc, in order to promote international mindedness and celebrate the school community.

- Incorporate students’ languages into the curriculum: learn how to say “good morning” and “hello” in other languages and greet each other every day in a different language; learn how to sing nursery rhymes/songs in other languages and sing together; hang up a poster showing how to say hello/thank you in different languages.

The above would be long-term actions in order to promote international mindedness and celebrate the school community. All these actions involve the whole community (parents, PYP coordinator, teachers as well as our students). Feedback from parents and students as well as a reflection moment with students and school staff to think about what we have learnt and what could be improved to celebrate our diversity.

Ideas by Che Booysen

2019-05-13 02:03:58 UTC

These are my ideas about an international Pen Pal Buddy System.

Implementing International-mindedness in the Classroom and the School

melvina_moujaes — 2019-05-13 19:37:23 UTC

- Languages: Adding elective courses to teach students a new language that students would be interested to learn. This change will require questionnaires to be submitted to gain data on the project. This plan will need the PYP Coordinator as well as the administrative committee to create this opportunity. We need to study the feasibility of such classes as well as finding suitable instructors to be in charge of the class. Cost should also be kept in light of the students who are joining. This is a long-term strategy that will show its success when we have students interested and willing to encourage others to participate and sharing their knowledge with others in class.

- Pen-Pals: Some teachers talk about meeting other teachers through workshops and the same could be offered to the students. International Schools around the world offer such a wonderful opportunity to having international friends. They can send letters, emails or video chats depending on what the student is comfortable with. This is a long-term strategy as will need the collaboration to occur between the PYP Coordinators, Homeroom Teacher and PRM (parent relations manager) of both schools to ensure complete transparency with both schools. This will succeed when students share about their pen pals’ experiences.

Gugu

mayday_1221 — 2019-05-14 09:20:11 UTC

Activities：
The whole school participate in one month.
1.costume parade.In that day children and teacher wear different national costume walk in the play ground .
2. Cafeteria prepare food from different countries or ask students make a post about different countries'food.
3.Play music from different countries.
4:In the academic building build different international space to show the different culture.

Communication:
long-term strategy?
1.Iinvite your friends make a video to introduce their culture,let your student ask question for them
2.Let your students write letter with their students, ask each other questions , share different ideas and recommend books, films and music stars in their country.And you can let your students share their experience in the class.

Implementing International mindedness in the classroom and school.

2019-05-14 10:11:10 UTC

By Lijun Wang
- In classroom
1. Since I am a language teacher, I sometimes ask my students how they express the same thing in their own languages.
2. When students do some research related with language and culture, I sometimes offer them some options which they are not familiar with and some books or websites to help them explore more.
- In School
1. A lot of teachers here mentioned International Day. I love it too. On that day, all parents, students and teachers are encouraged to wear their costumes which could represent their ethnics and countries. Food and drinks are shared, all kinds of music from all over the world are played. It is a great idea to embed the international mindedness!
2. In our school, teachers are encouraged to decorate each corner a country around the world. I think diversity is also a good way to embed the international mindedness..

Implementing International-mindedness

cindy_utrera — 2019-05-14 10:47:25 UTC

I like to use a simple planner to do this activities, something that I can share with the teachers.
Normally I worked with others teachers in this theme, I prefer to use 4 weeks. You can decide the time lag, depending of your curriculum. In my experience with this lesson the students applied.the knowledge in geography, maths, language arts, human rights, beliefs and values.

from Kyla: ideas for implementing international-mindedness

2019-05-15 04:20:27 UTC

I am really interested in connecting two ideas I came across to my music classes.

The first is the idea of a direct exchange with students in another country. Through my Orff training, I met music teachers from all over the world. I'm wondering if there would be a way to connect via Skype with one of my friends, and have their students teach my students a song in their language over the internet. Then, my students could do the same. After reaching out to some Orff friends to see who might be interested, I would need to collaborate with our Tech director to figure out how to make the experience visually satisfying for the students. If successful, I would love it to be something I could repeat with students in different countries!

I also love the idea of an international fair, but with songs instead of food. Maybe we could have a day, or a week, where parents or guardians come in to music class to share a song from their culture with the class. If it was a "fair", maybe the parent or guardian could actually teach the song to not only the students but staff and other parents! I would need to collaborate with the administration to work out details, communication and space.

Implementing International-mindedness

farzaneh_rasouli — 2019-05-15 06:00:44 UTC

Individual short- term plans:
1.Touching different cultures by asking the kids to talk about their culture or their favorite subjects whenever the subject of our lesson lets us do so.
2. Inviting other schools according to the events. ( e.g. we invited French school to our school to empathize with them for the fire-damaged Cathedral, kids wrote letters and made nice wishes and gave their letters to french kids.)
Individual long-term plans:
1. “star student of the week”
We randomly pick a student every week to become the star student for a whole week. This is a very interesting activity and kids enjoy it a lot. We do seven activities for seven days. For instance, on the first day we ask the kid to bring pictures of him/her and the whole family and introduce him/herself to other kids. We put the pictures on the wall, and keep them for the whole week. The star student wears a crown and talks about his/her favorite things (color, book, animal, etc.). He/she gets more responsibilities for that week, too. On one day they bring their favorite book to school and read it to others, or on another day they bring a dish of their traditional food to the class. I’m proud to say that by the end of this activity I was impressed how kids changed their attitudes towards the whole school and the new environment since they felt they are a member of this community, they can have a voice, they are seen, and no matter how they are different and where they come from they can have commonalities with other members and being appreciated and accepted by them.
2. "world Map" : touching on different countries and cultures through out the year
3. "International Day Event"
picking a country and working on all aspects of it during the year : food, symbols, language, culture, traditions, celebrations, nature,etc.
Collaborative short-term plans:
1. PE teacher: working on the traditional games of the kids' countries.
2. Music teacher: introducing special instruments, songs and dances.
3. Parents: Asking them to get in touch with each other and try to plan for fun activities after school time, like setting play dates at each other’s homes, going shopping together, etc.
4. Whole school: celebrating International day event

Implementing International-mindedness

2019-05-15 15:52:47 UTC

I really like the idea of food/clothes/art international day supporting all the culture that exist either between the students in the school, either a selection of culture of all over the world.

1. I can make it alone if it is a small version of it, in my class. For exemple with french language, this idea with some countries that speak french - some in europe, some in africa, some in america or even french territory from all over the world.
If i want it to be a school celebration, i wouln't be able to do it alone and would coordinate with my collegue.
2. if it's in class, with the student -and maybe some other teacher if they are willing to.
If it's in the school, definitly some teachers, the kitchen, the admnistration and the students ..
3. It can be a short term strategy in the meaning it can be one big exhibition day that shows an explosion of color, or it can be dispread during the school year with few exemple a month.

4 . there is some feedback that won't lie :
If people are happy -the team, the students, the parents.
If the student maybe reuse some fact in some classes, in some thought, show compassion etc...

2019-05-15 16:22:44 UTC

Implementing international open-mindedness

monica_musial — 2019-05-15 16:51:28 UTC

Moni Musial. Implementing

I like the idea of having an international week were the students share their cultures.

We can do this with readings, inquiry based research, an international day fair where students and parents can sample food from other cultures, see outfits and dances from those cultures and hear traditional stories .

To implement this the director, coordinator and teachers would have to be involved. Even some parents and students would be involved.

Tyler Heikes

2019-05-15 17:50:38 UTC

I like to use morning meetings to reinforce international mindedness, and pair this with lessons throughout the day.

I work in Mexico, so this how that might look. For instance, we might learn a greeting in Korean or another foreign language and use that greeting to greet one another. We could play a traditional Korean game as an activity. We might then promote literacy or research skills using texts dealing with Korea or students might sharpen their research skills by finding more facts about the country of interest.

Embedding International Mindedness in my classroom

2019-05-16 17:48:44 UTC

Our school is a language immersion school. We have Spanish and Chinese from k-8th grade. Some of our teachers are from another countries. So we have the language advantage to promote culture through language teaching and embed international mindedness.
What I did in my classroom is:
1. Celebrate our similarities and difference first. We did this after winter break when we had so much snow. We made snowmen, then talked about how each of our snowmen looked different and similar. Just like each of snowflake is different, each of us is unique. Then we made a "me" book to explore our difference. This way prepared my students to know we all are different in some ways.
2. Celebrate Mexico holidays and Chinese holidays. This requires team work. I lead the Chinese holidays celebration, while other Spanish first grade teachers lead Mexico holiday celebrations.
3. Invite the parents or other guests to come to the classroom to share their experiences. I had one mom coming over to read stories in Spanish and teach us salsa dance. She even brought some Mexican food for the students to try.
4. Have my students teach us something. I have one girl whose grandma is from Greek, she taught us Greek dance that her grandma taught her. Other students brought something from different parts of the world to show and tell.
In all, my experience is to bring the world community into our classroom to help our students international-mindedness.

Guirong Li

2019-05-16 21:31:49 UTC

Embedding International Mindedness
Our school is a language immersion school. We have Spanish and Chinese from k-8th grade. Some of our teachers are from another countries. So we have the language advantage to promote culture through language teaching and embed international mindedness.
What I did in my classroom is:
1. Celebrate our similarities and difference first. We did this after winter break when we had so much snow. We made snowmen, then talked about how each of our snowmen looked different and similar. Just like each of snowflake is different, each of us is unique. Then we made a "me" book to explore our difference. This way prepared my students to know we all are different in some ways.
2. Celebrate Mexico holidays and Chinese holidays. This requires team work. I lead the Chinese holidays celebration, while other Spanish first grade teachers lead Mexico holiday celebrations.
3. Invite the parents or other guests to come to the classroom to share their experiences. I had one mom coming over to read stories in Spanish and teach us salsa dance. She even brought some Mexican food for the students to try.
4. Have my students teach us something. I have one girl whose grandma is from Greek, she taught us Greek dance that her grandma taught her. Other students brought something from different parts of the world to show and tell.
In all, my experience is to bring the world community into our classroom to help our students international-mindedness.

Cinderella around the world

julie356 — 2020-08-16 13:03:09 UTC

We can encourage students to share their cultures, food, tradition, holidays throughout the year with their classmates. International food /culture day is a fun day for students and teachers. Students got to enjoy some great food and share their own culture/traditional food. By exposing and learning more about each other similarities and differences, students will become more open-minded, appreciative, caring and respect to others' cultures.

Maybe we can invite our friends/colleagues around the world to share their culture "Cinderella around the world" story or just make one up with their own twists. Students can enjoy all of the unique twists and learn about cultural values as they read the diverse stories of Cinderella around the world.

2020-10-09 09:41:53 UTC

As we all know that the international Mindedness is a view of the world in which people see themselves connected to the global community and assume a sense of responsibility to its members. My plan to encourage international-mindedness in my school. First through the homeroom teachers in their story time they start reading stories with the students about different cultures start an open discussion of our similarities and differences, seeking their curiosity about the world around us and about how to help others. Second Prepare for an international day where again each class will represent a different culture with their costumes and food and invite them all to share it together Prepare for costume parade where each class or group will sing a song representing this culture with it's languages putting into consideration that each group should search for all the needed information themselves. As a conclusion Students will have enough time to discuss together and ask each other questions about the countries they are representing and gather all the knowledge and information they are eager to know. As for making this alone no it will be a group work where all the stage teachers working together in harmony. I believe it can be a long term strategy if the activities and information we are seeking are renewed all the time. Ill know its working first from the students themselves whether they are enjoying what they are doing or not their feed back about the gathered information and the parents feedback themselves.

mathtopis — 2020-10-09 15:16:49 UTC

International Mindedness in my classroom

sbarclay10 — 2020-10-09 16:00:44 UTC

As part of international day I asked the students to come to school wearing their cuter's national dress attire, if they didn't have anything to wear they where encouraged to chose their own outfit and late we had a discussion on each child's national dress and why they chose it. Through the day we included different activities such as picking a flag from a different country of their fellow class mates to create. At the end the children where allowed time to ask questions to their classmates at their cultural backgrounds. This allowed the students to allow for open-mindedness. Please find attached a class photo taken from the children on international day.

leonahenrix — 2020-10-10 08:37:55 UTC

Consider some of the strategies suggested to Andrea and Toni to encourage international-mindedness in their schools. Which strategies would you use in your school? Develop a plan of things you could implement in your classroom or school to embed international-mindedness. You can choose whatever tool you like to make this plan (text, audio, video, etc.). Can you make this change alone? Who might you need to collaborate with? Is this a short-term

2020-10-11 00:51:03 UTC

a designated part of the classroom where children can display in their mother tongue key vocabulary they would like to teach to the rest of the class. It could be as simple as greetings or more advanced vocabulary such as having the PYP Learner Profiles or Attitudes on display in different languages.

2020-10-11 15:51:02 UTC

Embedding international mindedness

Evi

2020-10-11 19:21:59 UTC

Kunlatida

2020-11-15 04:12:25 UTC

As a Thai language teacher at an International School, it is possible for me to use the ideas suggested to develop international mindedness. I can work with the PYP Homeroom teachers to develop our classroom library to include diversity within book - and the Siam Book Awards is a great place for us to start to get suggestions for titles - as it includes authors from various cultures, and also characters and story lines that address diverse perspectives. I think, with the PYP Homeroom teacher, it is also possible for us to collaborate to develop virtual penpals with another international school - this will help us develop the ATL skills - not just through reading and writing but with media literacy too. As we connect to another school and other students, we can co-inquire and also possibly engage in Action together where we can serve the local or global community based on the context. This will require collaboration with the Homeroom teachers and Specialist teachers in my school as well as the teachers in the corresponding school. It would be ideal if we could develop the planners together - virtually as logistics would allow. Then, we can also reflect on the learning, interaction, and planners together as we develop formative assessment. This would not only develop international mindedness in students, but also build our professional connections globally within an authentic context.

wdeknach_gaa4 — 2020-11-15 20:16:44 UTC

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deeptikindra2 — 2020-11-16 19:29:20 UTC

2021-01-10 09:37:37 UTC

Implementing International mindedness in the classroom

Celebrations: International breakfast morning. Children and the school community come together to celebrate how diverse our school community is through healthy eating.

Hello, everyone! Here is my advice for Ms. Toni’s class. For children who struggle with reading, opening a book or reading in front of their peers in class can be an incredibly daunting experience. Reading confidence matters. Developing reading proficiency is essential for achieving overall success in school, and children who shy away from reading are likely to encounter even greater obstacles in the future. To nurture a child's self‑esteem it's important for teachers to be patient and encouraging. Here are some simple ways to boost your student's reading confidence and put them on the right path towards a lifelong love of reading. First is appreciate their efforts in reading.Second, let them choice what book they want to read,Third Challenge your child every now and then is great, but if your child wants to read the same book for the twentieth time, allow it. Let them feel proud about reading a book from cover to cover without needing your help. This is important for building their confidence.Lastly , No matter what level your child is at, remind yourself how far they've come, even if they've made relatively small progress. Praise constantly. It will encourage them to keep improving.How to develop international-mindedness, based in our practices in our school we ask people ( teacher , students and other professiona)l to share their cultures, expertise and many more to our kids and to develop understand of each diversity. Our students are free to ask questions and also share their knowledge. These are some suggestions I can give but there lot of approach or strategies to child. I know someone in this who could give more ideas. Thanks ❤️

2021-02-07 05:34:23 UTC

Hello, everyone! Here is my advice for Ms. Toni’s class. For children who struggle with reading, opening a book or reading in front of their peers in class can be an incredibly daunting experience. Reading confidence matters. Developing reading proficiency is essential for achieving overall success in school, and children who shy away from reading are likely to encounter even greater obstacles in the future. To nurture a child's self‑esteem it's important for teachers to be patient and encouraging. Here are some simple ways to boost your student's reading confidence and put them on the right path towards a lifelong love of reading. First is appreciate their efforts in reading.Second, let them choice what book they want to read,Third Challenge your child every now and then is great, but if your child wants to read the same book for the twentieth time, allow it. Let them feel proud about reading a book from cover to cover without needing your help. This is important for building their confidence.Lastly , No matter what level your child is at, remind yourself how far they've come, even if they've made relatively small progress. Praise constantly. It will encourage them to keep improving.How to develop international-mindedness, based in our practices in our school we ask people ( teacher , students and other professiona)l to share their cultures, expertise and many more to our kids and to develop understand of each diversity. Our students are free to ask questions and also share their knowledge. These are some suggestions I can give but there lot of approach or strategies to child. I know someone in this who could give more ideas. Thanks ❤️

2021-02-07 05:34:50 UTC

Hello, everyone! Here is my advice for Ms. Toni’s class.

For children who struggle with reading, opening a book or reading in front of their peers in class can be an incredibly daunting experience.

Reading confidence matters. Developing reading proficiency is essential for achieving overall success in school, and children who shy away from reading are likely to encounter even greater obstacles in the future.

To nurture a child's self‑esteem it's important for teachers to be patient and encouraging. Here are some simple ways to boost your student's reading confidence and put them on the right path towards a lifelong love of reading. First is appreciate their efforts in reading.Second, let them choice what book they want to read,Third Challenge your child every now and then is great, but if your child wants to read the same book for the twentieth time, allow it. Let them feel proud about reading a book from cover to cover without needing your help. This is important for building their confidence.Lastly , No matter what level your child is at, remind yourself how far they've come, even if they've made relatively small progress. Praise constantly. It will encourage them to keep improving.How to develop international-mindedness, based in our practices in our school we ask people ( teacher , students and other professiona)l to share their cultures, expertise and many more to our kids and to develop understand of each diversity. Our students are free to ask questions and also share their knowledge.

These are some suggestions I can give but there lot of approach or strategies to child. I know someone in this who could give more ideas.

Thanks ❤️

Hello, everyone! Here is my advice for Ms. Toni’s class

2021-02-08 07:47:49 UTC

To encourage students to explore multiple perspectives and develop international-mindedness, we can weave a story around that and let them tell how was their experience to live in different parts of the world.
-Encouraging them to read books and then conduct some Icebreaker activities to share their ideas and thoughts with their classmates.
-Taking help of any art teacher; they’ll be resourceful to let them explore multiple perspectives.
-Preparing a country based short play in which you can present their culture, traditions and diversities. This will develop empathy and they start appreciating and valuing the diversity of peoples, cultures and societies in the world.
-Making them watch different short films and documentary films.
-Calling guest speakers from different cultures for sharing their ideas.
This would help the children to make some connections to the world around them.
Thanks

2021-02-09 07:30:26 UTC

See education as the key It is through educational experiences that students can develop a sense of international-mindedness, which gives them competences to exercise influence on problems facing the world.

annaflaviapessoa2 — 2021-03-06 20:02:28 UTC

- Connecting kids to the community around their school.
- Involving parents that could share their experiences.
- Learning about students experiences and comparing them
to students from around the world - using videos and texts.
- They would need the support rom the school and from the community.

2021-03-08 19:55:39 UTC

“The role of language to promote and provoke international-mindedness and transdisciplinary learning

In school we can follow some of the following strategies to embed international-mindedness in our students. These strategies could be followed by the learning community to ensure the same.· Celebrating International Food Day – this celebration would be a like a fun-fair wherein children can bring enjoy international cuisines and learn about the food choices of the global community.

ahuseynova1 — 2021-03-09 10:02:04 UTC

Culture Day – This would be yet another learning engagement for the children to represent their own culture, they can come dressed in their local attire and speak about their culture or perhaps do a dance or sing, whichever form they want to communicate about their culture and children will learn about the global community.
Story Time – This could be another very interesting strategy to embed international-mindedness in children. School could arrange parents to come and read in their own language and then translate the same to the students or could read them stories about different settings.

How local and international cultures are connected

kaminsh99 — 2021-04-10 06:42:53 UTC

Group ( Kamin & Meidiana)

- Starting from the school's annual parade (Kartini’s Day) , I will create a project to design batik cloth with international cultural motifs, batik cloth is one of Indonesia's local cultures; for students will be presented again with the annual “Kartini's day” school cultural parade, then linking it to cultures from various countries where students see the relationship values between cultures.

The name of the project is
“batik cloth exhibition with international cultural theme”

made in groups, where each group of students;

- Choosing one cultural form from a different country
- Tracing the meaning of the culture to be selected
- They make batik cloth with cultural motifs from a country they choose,
- Their work will be displayed at the appointed time
- They present their work to visitors (parents)

In here I need collaboration with art teachers, for the long term this can become a routine activity with various variations.

I believe that activities like this will make their understanding of IM better

Hello Everyone...

emeliasariulpah27 — 2021-04-10 07:01:29 UTC

Art Performance is

mylenetlee10 — 2021-05-08 23:10:25 UTC

2021-06-05 14:04:13 UTC

Happy day.
1. Implementing international mindedness in the classroom and school.
Each month teachers and students can vote for the food from different . Cultures that they would like to try, by votes school ambassadors and canteen study can decide what international food day will be next month?
For Example: italian food day , chinese food day.
This kind of international day's can raise open mindedness towards other culures anand traditions
2. International conferences inviting people from different countries:
Inviting people from different countries who are good at music, art, game ext...
Thank you
Munirathinam g

International mindedness

nandinerdene — 2021-08-04 13:11:31 UTC

in PE children could learn about different sports that are popular in their cultures or they could learn dances from around the world. and using with all country's sports day or sports

Winnifred

2021-08-11 14:45:12 UTC

I would like to talk about myself in terms of joining an IB school. My first day of school was a Chinese new year. Everyone was suppose to wear red. I was lost out since i was wearing white but yet I felt welcomed. The whole school was in red and it was colourful and lovely.
During the ceremony I saw different ways they danced a long with their music. It was indeed fun to watch and i even learnt how to say ''Hello'' in Chinese (NI HAO). I tried some of their food in was indeed spicy but loved it. So with my experience I would this how I would embed international mindedness in my class-
1.I would first welcome my student and introduce myself to them since its a new semester then I will give them the opportunity to also introduce themselves to each other talking about where they are from ( country), their culture
( food, cloths and how they dress) and some exciting place found in their country if possible.
2.Students will draw and we will paste on the walls to show our different cultures. After the pasting we will go round and read about each others culture and later the student will share with us what he or she learnt from a new culture.
3. I would also get books ( non fiction) from different cultures from the library or any reading app and share with my students.
4. I would also invite any parent who would love to share about their culture and also possible get a few things ( cloths ,drums for their music and more ) for kids to touch and feel how it is.
5. I would also explain to the students how important every culture is and how to respect each others culture . I will also show videos on how people embrace other people culture and how beautiful it is.
6.I will then give the students the chance to say what they feel about other people culture and how and which one they would like to have an experience with.

International mindedness

2022-02-11 11:42:46 UTC

Dear all

I believe in order to encourage international mindedness Andrea and Toni may implement the following steps in their schools:

1-Develop empathy and acceptance to all humans around us.

This can be achieved by involving students into charity projects and community services.

Students will learn that all humans are the same and deserve equal chances.

2-Learn languages.

This will allow students to read and listen about other cultures, believes, traditions and even everyday life experience.

And get a better understanding for human commonalities.

3-Envole students in exchange programs or pen-pal experience.

This will let them ex-change thoughts and life experiences on a personal and global level.

4-Do field-trips to different districts and government in your own country.

This will help students develop their own local identity and lately help them defend their own believes and values as well as accepting others differences.

The exposure to various cultures and holding discussions together develops the international-mindedness greatly.

o Can you make this change alone?

No. you will need the whole teaching community to be involved in this as well as the educational governments too.

o Who might you need to collaborate with?

Parents, teachers, school community and governments.

o Is this a short-term strategy or a long-term strategy?

It is definitely a long-term strategy, so stay focused.

o How will you know it is working?

By exposing students to little challenge where they test their development and assessing their reflections on various situations.

For example:

Holding mini debates about common topics and letting them present their arguments without being offensive or prejudge mental. And giving them a meaningful reflective feedback.

International mindedness

marwa80galal — 2022-02-11 11:46:08 UTC

Dear all

I believe in order to encourage international mindedness Andrea and Toni may implement the following steps in their schools:

1-Develop empathy and acceptance to all humans around us.

This can be achieved by involving students into charity projects and community services.

Students will learn that all humans are the same and deserve equal chances.

2-Learn languages.

This will allow students to read and listen about other cultures, believes, traditions and even everyday life experience.

And get a better understanding for human commonalities.

3-Envole students in exchange programs or pen-pal experience.

This will let them ex-change thoughts and life experiences on a personal and global level.

4-Do field-trips to different districts and government in your own country.

This will help students develop their own local identity and lately help them defend their own believes and values as well as accepting others differences.

The exposure to various cultures and holding discussions together develops the international-mindedness greatly.

o Can you make this change alone?

No. you will need the whole teaching community to be involved in this as well as the educational governments too.

o Who might you need to collaborate with?

Parents, teachers, school community and governments.

o Is this a short-term strategy or a long-term strategy?

It is definitely a long-term strategy, so stay focused.

o How will you know it is working?

By exposing students to little challenge where they test their development and assessing their reflections on various situations.

For example:

Holding mini debates about common topics and letting them present their arguments without being offensive or prejudge mental. And giving them a meaningful reflective feedback.

Siba Karman, Embedding international-mindedness. My school is a language immersion school. We have English, Turkish, Kurdish, and Arabic languages and this will allow students to read and listen about other cultures, beliefs, traditions, and even everyday life experiences and embed international-mindedness. Morning greetings: to reinforce international mindedness and spread a comfortable environment in the class. Invite people from different countries: It helps me as a teacher to invite parents and sometimes teachers from different grade levels as guest speakers to read stories in their own language, and talk about their cultures, traditions, foods, and special occasions they celebrate. Weekly Assembly with the assistance of specialist teachers like PE, Art, and Music teachers. In music, learning songs in different languages and performing them in the concert hall in front of PYP students is also another way to become open-minded. As we know music is an international language and it can bring together all different types of cultures.in Art, viewing artwork from different cultures. In PE children could learn about different sports that are popular in their cultures or they could learn dances from around the world. Pen pal Involve students in exchange programs or pen-pal experiences. This will let them exchange thoughts and life experiences on a personal and global level. Here are my suggestions to apply international-mindedness in the classroom and at school• Can you make this change alone?• No, it is always better to interact with the school community and partner community.• Who might you need to collaborate with?• I need to collaborate with the coordinator, grade level team, specialist teachers, TAs, and parents.• Is this a short-term strategy or a long-term strategy?• It is a long-term strategy where these special day, visits should keep happening in rotation, so children look forward to them.• How will you know it is working?• Feedback from the teachers at school and from parents

2022-05-05 22:54:35 UTC

Olufunke Abosede FaseyiMy Plan for embedding International-Mindedness

2023-01-07 13:34:00 UTC

Sing -My Song
I would like is to develop singing time in different languages. Although I work as a homeroom teacher, I have a flair for music and think that it can be used as a tool to foster Multilingualism. It will work with both the school leadership and the Music teacher. we will also reach out to parents who will teach some of the songs and the stories they tell.

Directions and Labels
In creating a culturally welcoming environment, the directions in the school and the door labels along with other major labels should be written as many languages as possible.

Community Day
I think a day in the school year to celebrate the different cultures in the school will be quite eye-opening. families will come to school in their cultural costumes and display food and artifacts. I will need to work with the school leadership to roll out this plan.

The role of Language to provoke International-mindedness and transdisciplinary learning

2023-01-13 14:28:59 UTC

Musuleng Deborah Lincoln

Mercy Toywa: Embedding International mindedness in classroom and school

2023-02-05 03:40:17 UTC

1. Culture day. This a long term strategy in collaboration with the school to allow learners to show case different cultures from different countries through dressing code.
2. Use of leaner profiles. Reinforcing learner profile everyday will contribute a lot in embedding international mindedness as leaners will inquire, they will be knowledgeable and open minded on culture and diversity
3. The instruction Language: this is a short term strategy Considering that English is one of the instructional language this will lead to questions like
the origin of English language and how many countries use English as language. The discussion together with the teacher will embed international mindedness in a learner
4.. Student project: This a short term strategy. Students will be given a project on countries. Leaners will identify the countries they know together with their flags. In so doing they will be moving their mind from the rural to global world.
5. Language acquisition: language policy of encouraging learners to learn other language. This will be in collaboration with the school. By so doing they will need to understand the culture of the other people. this a long term strategy too
6. Use Research method: Design a lesson that integrate local and international examples. Also choose a country to discuss their culture.

how will l know it is working. i can gauge from my learners when they respect culture diversity and also feed back from parents and school

Open-minded

2023-05-07 10:34:42 UTC

When we were learning about how we interpret and respond to images (How we express ourselves) learner profile focus was open-minded. Students illustrated images that express what winter is for them. While one student was presenting her/his image, the other were encouraged to listen to them. After that, each student had to ask one or two (or more) questions to student who described their image. Students’ questions showed me weather they were open-minded. It showed how students responded to other students’ images and ideas.

International-mindedness

2023-05-08 14:51:30 UTC

Module 1, Reflection

2023-05-09 16:24:03 UTC

How is my understanding of PYP principles evolving?
Ideas and strategies of the participants on this course are very helpful. I extended my knowledge about the importance of the learner profile attributes, and how to embed them in every day learning, and how to promote them better among parents. I understand better the value of IB program.

In what ways can I apply learning from this workshop in my own learning and teaching?
I will continue to encourage and promote international mindedness through ideas that I learned on this workshop from other participants, such as through different countries’ art, music, and sports. I will continue promoting importance of mother tongue, through the corner in classroom where children can display in their mother tongue key vocabulary that they would like to teach the rest of classroom.

How is agency supported and nurtured through this workshop?
Agency is supported and nurtured very well in this workshop. The concept of workshop makes us to read and comment each other ideas and experiences, that way we learn a lot from each other. We are given clear instructions. The facilitator provides feedback and keeps positive attitude.

International Mindedness

2023-06-07 10:46:48 UTC

There are many practices which we can conduct in our school to build International Mindedness

1.We can create a child friendly passport for all our learners and need to write and jot down the different places they visit, their unique cultures and share with their peers.

2.We can celebrate different mother tonges, ask learners to collaborate with their parents to speak about their diverse cultures.

3.We can also use different VTR's like the donut strategy where learners share about their cutlures and learn about new cutlures too.

4.We can have a newscorner in our homeroom where we display local and global news.

5.We can have a display board where we display all the learner profiles. Learners can select any 1 Learner Profile every week which they have displayed and give examples about the same.

Embedding international mindedness in the classroom

minakshi9 — 2023-10-07 16:14:23 UTC

Open discussions in class related to different cultures, Special guest invitee, online cultural exchange programs all can be a great way to learn about other cultures and can create an awareness about their own culture

Another interesting way would be watching movies that have stories related to different parts of the world.

language learning program in classes or language exchange program to expose learners to different languages and cultures. They can also learn different greetings of different countries through this program. Engage them with international literature by including books from diverse cultures and authors in your reading list that give spark to the reading.

This one is my favorite. You can use technology to connect students with classrooms around the world through virtual connections or video conferences. This allows learners to learn from their peers in different countries.

Recognize international holidays and observances in your classroom. Celebrate cultural events like Chinese New Year, Diwali, or International Peace Day.

Embeding ways to create international mindedness within my students.

2024-01-05 11:51:52 UTC

I believe in creating different opportunities for my students to be able to understand other cultures. Here are some ways I would or already have tried to embed international mindedness in my Grade 1 classroom.

1.Multicultural Story time:

Incorporate storybooks and reading materials that showcase diverse cultures, traditions, and perspectives. Discuss these stories, emphasizing similarities and differences among cultures.

2. Celebrating Cultural Festivals:

Acknowledge and celebrate various cultural festivals throughout the year, discussing their significance, traditions, and customs. Encourage students to share their own cultural practices if comfortable.

3. World Map Exploration:I have recently used this to Introduce a world map in the classroom. We used it to discuss different countries, their flags and languages. We highlighted where students and their families are from.

I also gave students the opportunity to design their flag inside the their learner Journal books. Thereafter we took a large paper designed a class flag that represent our Grade 1 class.

4. Arts and Crafts:Engage students in art and craft activities inspired by different cultures. For instance, create Chinese paper lanterns, African tribal masks etc.

5. Music and DanIntroduce music and dance from various cultures. Play songs, teach dances, or use musical instruments common in different parts of the world.

6. Cultural Show-and-Tell: this is the idea we will be using for International day in a few weeks time.

Students to bring in items or artifacts from their cultural backgrounds to share with the class. This could be clothing, traditional instruments, or items related to customs as well as teachers.

7. Language Exploration:Teach basic greetings or simple words in different languages. Make it fun by incorporating language learning through songs, games, or flashcards.

International mindedness within my Grade 1 class

2024-01-05 11:53:23 UTC

1.Multicultural Story time:

Incorporate storybooks and reading materials that showcase diverse cultures, traditions, and perspectives. Discuss these stories, emphasizing similarities and differences among cultures.

2. Celebrating Cultural Festivals:

I also gave students the opportunity to design their flag inside the their learner Journal books. Thereafter we took a large paper designed a class flag that represent our Grade 1 class.

4. Arts and Crafts:Engage students in art and craft activities inspired by different cultures. For instance, create Chinese paper lanterns, African tribal masks etc.

5. Music and DanIntroduce music and dance from various cultures. Play songs, teach dances, or use musical instruments common in different parts of the world.

6. Cultural Show-and-Tell: this is the idea we will be using for International day in a few weeks time.

Students to bring in items or artifacts from their cultural backgrounds to share with the class. This could be clothing, traditional instruments, or items related to customs as well as teachers.

7. Language Exploration:Teach basic greetings or simple words in different languages. Make it fun by incorporating language learning through songs, games, or flashcards.

Embedding international-mindedness

2024-03-10 09:42:03 UTC

Dear Andrea!Teaching open-mindedness and empathy is crucial for fostering a positive and inclusive learning environment. Here are some suggestions:

Lead by Example: Model open-mindedness and empathy in your own interactions with students and colleagues. Show respect for diverse opinions and perspectives.

Encourage Perspective-taking: Encourage students to consider situations from multiple viewpoints. This could involve role-playing exercises, discussing real-life scenarios, or analyzing literature and historical events from different perspectives.

Promote Active Listening: Teach students the importance of truly listening to others without judgment. Practice active listening techniques in the classroom, such as paraphrasing what someone has said to ensure understanding.

Cultivate Critical Thinking: Help students develop the ability to critically evaluate information and viewpoints. Teach them to question assumptions and consider evidence before forming opinions.

Foster Respect for Diversity: Create opportunities for students to learn about different cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. Celebrate diversity through multicultural activities, guest speakers, or literature from various cultures.

Encourage Kindness and Compassion: Incorporate activities that promote kindness and compassion towards others. This could include community service projects, random acts of kindness challenges, or discussions about the importance of empathy.

Address Bias and Stereotypes: Have open discussions about bias, stereotypes, and prejudice. Help students recognize and challenge their own biases, and teach strategies for responding to discrimination and injustice.

Provide Feedback and Reflection Opportunities: Offer feedback on students' behavior and attitudes related to open-mindedness and empathy. Encourage self-reflection through journaling or class discussions about personal growth.

Create a Safe Space: Ensure that your classroom is a safe and supportive environment where students feel comfortable expressing themselves and sharing their thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment.

Integrate Social and Emotional Learning (SEL): Incorporate SEL curriculum into your teaching to explicitly teach skills such as self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.

By incorporating these strategies into your teaching practices, you can help your students develop the open-mindedness and empathy they need to thrive in a diverse and interconnected world.

Plan for Embedding International-Mindedness at [School Name]

2024-03-11 18:24:03 UTC

Plan for Embedding International-Mindedness at Kaspi International School

Strategies:

1. Intercultural Activities:

Organize cultural exchange days where students can share their cultural heritage through food, music, and traditional attire.
Incorporate diverse cultural celebrations into the school calendar, such as Lunar New Year, Diwali, and International Day.

2. Global Awareness Curriculum:

Integrate global perspectives into lesson plans across various subjects, incorporating topics like world geography, history, and current events.
Encourage the use of diverse literature and resources that showcase different cultures and perspectives.

3. Language Learning Opportunities:

Offer language classes or cultural workshops to introduce students to new languages and promote cultural understanding.
Facilitate language exchange programs where students can practice conversing with peers from different linguistic backgrounds.

4. Collaborative Projects:

Implement collaborative projects with schools from different countries, fostering cross-cultural understanding and teamwork.
Encourage students to participate in international competitions or virtual exchange programs to broaden their global perspectives.

5. Professional Development:

Provide training sessions for teachers to enhance their cultural competence and integrate international-mindedness into their teaching practices.
Collaborate with educational experts or organizations specializing in global education to gain insights and resources for effective implementation.

Collaboration: While some initiatives can be initiated independently, successful implementation of the plan may require collaboration with colleagues, school leadership, and community partners. Teachers can collaborate to develop curriculum materials and plan intercultural activities, while school leaders can provide support and resources. Collaboration with community organizations can also enrich students' experiences through cultural immersion opportunities.

Timeline: This plan encompasses both short-term and long-term strategies. Immediate actions, such as organizing cultural exchange days and integrating global perspectives into lessons, can be implemented in the short term. However, building a sustainable culture of international-mindedness requires ongoing efforts and may unfold gradually over several years.

Evaluation: To assess the effectiveness of the plan, regular evaluations and feedback mechanisms will be established. This may include surveys to gauge students' cultural awareness, observation of intercultural interactions, and analysis of academic performance in globally themed subjects. Additionally, tracking participation in international initiatives and student engagement in cultural activities can provide indicators of success. Collaborative reflection sessions with stakeholders will also offer insights into areas for improvement and adjustment of strategies as needed.

By implementing these strategies, we aim to cultivate a school community that embraces diversity, fosters mutual respect, and prepares students to thrive in an interconnected world.

Sevinj Abdullayeva

Library teacher

Kaspi International School

Implementing International-mindedness in the classroom and the school

mariamwageih — 2024-10-04 11:18:06 UTC

Implementing international-mindedness in the classroom and school involves creating a culture that values diversity, promotes understanding of global issues, and fosters empathy among students. Here’s a structured approach to achieve this:

Strategies for Implementing International-Mindedness

. Curriculum Integration

Global Issues: Incorporate discussions and projects about global challenges such as climate change, poverty, and human rights into various subjects.
Diverse Literature: Use books and resources from different cultures. Encourage students to explore themes of empathy, identity, and global citizenship.
Interdisciplinary Projects: Design projects that combine subjects (e.g., science and social studies) to explore global topics, encouraging critical thinking and collaboration.
Cultural Days: Organize events that celebrate different cultures represented in the classroom. Include food, music, art, and traditions.
By implementing these strategies, schools can foster an environment that embraces international-mindedness.
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Implementing International Mindedness in Classroom

2024-10-09 05:31:32 UTC

To embed international-mindedness in the classroom, I will integrate diverse cultural materials, such as stories, music, and art, into lessons to broaden students' understanding of the world. We will celebrate different languages and cultures, and I’ll invite parents or guest speakers to share their backgrounds. Collaborative projects with classrooms in other countries will provide real-life global connections, while discussions on global issues like the environment and human rights will inspire students to think as global citizens. Reflective activities will encourage students to apply what they've learned, fostering open-mindedness and empathy in their daily lives.

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