The Learner by Dina

The Learner by Dina https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw Challenges and Opportunities en-us 2018-11-24 00:04:46 UTC 2020-01-19 06:51:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Agency: eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307554411 "PYP students with agency use their own initiative and will, and take responsibility and ownership of their learning." This is a great opportunity for schools to empower students and teach them to be responsible learners. This will motivate students as they can use their curiosity to discover and learn together with others. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-25 19:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307554411 Agency: eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307555067 "PYP students with agency use their own initiative and will, and take responsibility and ownership of their learning." I feel that this might be scary and a big learning curve for some teachers as they feel that they will loose control over their students' learning. But in reality they will scaffold every part of each day, and be a guide, monitoring students carefully. I do believe that some teachers will need guidance though in how to give voice, choice and ownership to students. Eloïse ]]> 2018-11-25 19:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307555067 Partnership between teachers and students eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307555394 What a wonderful opportunity to become a real team, teachers and students, and to learn and create together. I love the idea of planning and "co-construct central ideas" together. I feel that this really supports the idea of a learning community as everybody has a saying, can express interest, wonderings, make choices, set goals, etc. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-25 19:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307555394 Self-efficacy eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307555959 "When teachers acknowledge learner agency and the importance of self-efficacy, students become partners in the learning process. In this partnership, teachers work alongside students, meet with small groups and individuals as needed, and monitor learning and provide feedback." I feel that the challenge could be that not all teachers know how to design student-driven classrooms. I think that teachers can learn a lot from observing each other and sharing strategies.
I also think that students have to learn how to become responsible learners and manage their time, resources, community, etc. well in order to reach their learning goal. Some students will need encouragement in order to voice opinions, ask questions, they will have to learn how to make choices and how to participate in their learning community. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-25 19:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307555959 Teachers supporting agency eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307556959 What a great opportunity for a school to create a community of learners, to empower students and to help them to become lifelong learners. Students will feel valued that their opinion matters, that their questions will guide their learning, that their skills will be developed, etc. I think it is a wonderful opportunity for all learners of the community to listen to each other, learn from each other, support each other and be enthusiastic about learning. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-25 20:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307556959 Strategies to support agency eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307557380 "Students learn by doing."
One challenge could be that teachers will have a hard time to let go. I see so many classrooms that are set-up by the teachers only, so many classrooms that have posters, tables, study corners, routines etc. ready on the first day of school. Students don't have much choice or voice or ownership. I think that some teachers will need encouragement to let go and trust that taking decisions together with their students will be a wonderful opportunity to grow as a team. Eloïse

]]> 2018-11-25 20:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307557380 The PYP learner in the early years: eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307558309 "The learning community values the early years as a time in which play is the primary driver for inquiry." Looking at schools around the world, I often see how academics and the learning of reading, writing, counting, calculating, etc.are prioritized above play. Teachers often tell me that there is no time for students to play as they have to finish work, engage in certain guided learning experiences, etc. It makes me sad. I do believe that schools will be challenged to review their curriculum, their schedules and structures to really promote play and live up to the enhanced PYP. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-25 20:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307558309 Play in the early years eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307559019 "The learning community values the early years as a time in which play is the primary driver for inquiry." I am so excited to see this in the enhanced PYP as this is the opportunity for young students to develop so many of the most crucial skills. This will be a great opportunity for all learners to develop their social skills and build the foundation for their future learning in a community of learners. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-25 20:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307559019 The role of the teacher in early years eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307559502 "Using a repertoire of strategies, tools and understandings, teachers work closely with students to co-construct inquiries and reflect regularly on their practice." I think that this is a wonderful opportunity for teachers to really work in collaboration with each other, share tools and strategies and learn from each other. Reflection plays a key role in being successful at creating a learning environment in which students and teachers can thrive, in which students have voice, choice and ownership ad in which teachers feel that they are a successful and caring "facilitator, researcher, participant, observer, reflective practitioner, etc.". Eloïse]]> 2018-11-25 20:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307559502 Relationships- Early Years eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307630957 "Encouraging and nurturing positive relationships between home, family and school provides a strong basis for learning, behavior, health and well-being." This is a great opportunity to put structures into place to really foster the relationships between students, family and school. As a school we could think about how we want to involve parents/legal guardians more, how we become partners with students and parents/guardians, how we want to communicate with each other. I also think that this is a great opportunity to take the time to really get to know students well, take time to talk, understand, and support where needed. The relationships build the foundation of our work at school. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-26 05:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307630957 Learning spaces- Early Years eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307631599 " A fundamental part of effective education in the PYP early years is the creation of safe, stimulating and inviting learning spaces that promote exploration, wonder, creativity, risk-taking and learning through play." As much as I see this as an opportunity, I also see this as a challenge, especially in schools/countries that may not always have the money or access to the resources to create this learning space at once. I imagine that some schools will need years to create this learning space in order to get open-ended materials, blocks, costumes, artifacts for role-plays, etc. I imagine that schools will have to be creative, resourceful and inventive when designing these learning spaces. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-26 05:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307631599 Symbolic exploration and expression- Early Years eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307632359 "Effective language and mathematics learning and teaching is based on students' developing ability to listen to and speak with others, and to understand and use symbols. The importance of expanding these skills by transferring learning and experiences to other contexts allows students to reencounter their thinking, develop symbolic competency, explore new connections and consolidate their understandings." This is a great opportunity for transdisciplinary teaching and learning and fr providing students with time to play and discover together with their peers. This is a wonderful opportunity to develop creativity and problem-solving in students and teachers and parents/guardians. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-26 05:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307632359 The early learner:Engaging with technology eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307633219 "According to Bird and Edwards (2015), they begin engaging with the object/device- digital or non-digital- with exploration in mind to investigate, learn and test their theories about its functionalities. When they believe they have understood its functionalities, they move to the innovation phase where they use the object/device in a new context." In our school we often have the discussion about how to use technology to create and innovate, instead of drilling certain skills. Teachers often use apps on the iPads to drill math or practice spelling for example, not realizing that it is just the same as using a worksheet. Our tech integrationist is training teachers on how to use iPads in a way to spark and support creativity and innovation in students. I do believe that teachers and parents/guardians have to be trained and given strategies and tools to support students to engage with technology on a creative level. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-26 06:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307633219 The early learner: Engaging with technology eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307634376 "According to Bird and Edwards (2015), they begin engaging with the object/device- digital or non-digital- with exploration in mind to investigate, learn and test their theories about its functionalities. When they believe they have understood its functionalities, they move to the innovation phase where they use the object/device in a new context." What a wonderful opportunity to develop the ATL skills, and engage students in creative ad critical thinking. I think that this will really prepare students to become independent lifelong learners who will have the skills that they need to solve problems and create a better world. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-26 06:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307634376 Developing the learner profile attributes eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307636141 "Students have a range of opportunities to develop, demonstrate and reinforce attributes of the learner profile in the daily life of the learning community." I think that this is a fantastic opportunity for schools to revise how transdisciplinary they really are, how many opportunities they actually have in place for students to develop the learner profile attributes, how their learning spaces invite students to interact with each other and develop ATL skills. It is a wonderful opportunity to analyze school assemblies, see how student-driven these are. It invites students' home and the wider community to become partners in supporting students to develop the learner profile attributes. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-26 06:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307636141 Putting the learner profile into action eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307636873 "The learner profile attributes provide teachers, students and parents with a common language with which to describe and reflect the following. School culture, Communication, feedback, tools." I think that one challenge could be that the learning community has to make sure that they are not just using the words/language of the learner profile - putting it up on the wall and on paper - but that they are actually modeling what it means, how it looks like. The modeling can be done by every learner in the learning community (teachers, students, parents, librarian, learning assistants, etc.) Eloïse]]> 2018-11-26 06:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307636873 Identifying appropriate and relevant learner profile attributes eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307637825 "Teachers and students collaborate to identify appropriate learner profile attributes that are relevant and meaningful to specific units of inquiry." What a great opportunity for teachers and students to become real partners and discuss and decide together on what learner profile attributes to develop during a unit. This will support students in becoming more reflective too and be aware of their personal growth and challenges. I also think that it is wonderful to encourage students to gather evidence to show how they developed certain attributes. Their evidence will help others to understand what it means to develop certain attributes, what is can look like. Students can inspire each other and learn from each other when sharing their evidence, assessments, reflections, etc. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-26 06:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307637825 Action eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307638969 "Action, the core of student agency, is integral to the Primary Years Programme (PYP) learning process and to the programme's overarching outcome of international-mindedness." By promoting how to take action and to take action, students will become aware that they are responsible to make a change in the world. They will be encouraged to take action thinking about a change in attitude, show responsibility, engage in decision making, teach others, commit to certain activities, inspire others, etc. All actions taken over years will help students to become international-minded world citizens. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-26 06:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307638969 Action eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307639931 "Action, the core of student agency, is integral to the Primary Years Programme (PYP) learning process and to the programme's overarching outcome of international-mindedness." Students often take action and it is unnoticed as it happens outside of the classroom or students do not realize that their behavior, thinking, engagement, etc. was actually an action that they tool. It is important to make the entire learning community aware of what action is and what it can look like. It is important to educate everyone so that they understand the variety of actions students can take, in order to support and encourage it. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-26 06:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307639931 The exhibition eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307640695 "All exhibition are student-initiated, designed and collaborative." This is a great opportunity for students to show real agency. If done correctly, the exhibition will be an exciting and meaningful learning moment that will help students to demonstrate how they have developed over the years as PYP learners and how the apply their knowledges, skills, conceptual understandings, learner profile attributes. The exhibition can pull together the entire learning community, and support students in their inquiry. Students inquiring into what they are interested in and being successful with this, will empower them and show them how they are being equipped more and more to become international-minded people who have the skills to make a positive impact in the world. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-26 07:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307640695 The exhibition: The learning community eengel3 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307708682 "The exhibition is a shared learning community responsibility. The community supports students in their development of all elements of the PYP at every year level, as these elements will be drawn upon during this final learning experience." Depending on the school and its experiences with the PYP, some schools' learning communities may feel challenged to support the students as they may not know what is really expected from them. How should they support and guide? This is were the pedagogical leadership team and teachers come in, explaining what the exhibition looks like, the goal of it, etc. I also feel the need for PD for the involved teachers so that they can guide students, mentors and parents. I do feel that the learning community (students, teachers, mentors, parents, legal guardians, pedagogical leadership team) have to be trained and informed in order to make the exhibition a successful and thriving experience for students. Eloïse]]> 2018-11-26 11:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/307708682 The Learner Profile kbowen15 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/308269716 Questions to consider when supporting and developing the attributes of the learner profile.

How is the development and progression of the learner profile attributes integrated into the units of inquiry and the programme of inquiry?
How are the attributes of the learner profile connected to learning? For example, how do the attributes connect to learning goals, action, self-assessment, and so on?
Is there a relevant connection, wherever possible, between the learner profile attributes, the skills being developed in a unit and the assessment tasks?

These specific guiding questions really spoke to me as ways that teachers and cordinators can work together to ensure that the LP is fully embedded into the POI to really ensure that the LP is not just an add on but is really deeply a part of the UOIs - Kate

]]> 2018-11-27 14:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/308269716 Early Years - The complexity of language kbowen15 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/308272305 "Students use play to make meaning and understandings of the world, and to develop oral language and symbolic competence. They share personal experiences and understandings through talk, play, shared stories and collaborative exploration. By listening attentively, teachers discover students’ language expertise and mental models. Using this knowledge, teachers plan and create learning experiences that extend students’ language capabilities. This knowledge can then be documented on a student’s language portrait." This could be an opportunity for teachers to really have permission to give credit to children's symbolic language as the core of assessment. This could of course also be a challenge if a school is currently more focused on traditional literacy outcomes to assess progress. - Kate

]]> 2018-11-27 14:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/308272305 Early Years - Play kbowen15 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/308274267 "Young students’ development is supported when hands-on learning is combined with student-initiated play. A careful consideration exists between student-initiated play and teacher-initiated experiences. Play provides benefits for cognitive, social, emotional and physical development for students from all socio-economic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and offers authentic opportunities for students to begin their exploration and development of the IB learner profile." A challenge I see here for some teachers is to recognise that student initiated play has equal importance to teacher directed experiences and that play IS inquiry. Giving themselves permission to observe and document rather than 'teaching' is key here teamed with opportunities to reflect with colleagues to play what happens next. A challenge but such an exciting shift! - Kate

]]> 2018-11-27 14:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/308274267 Agency kbowen15 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/308276405 "Students take initiative, express interest and wonderings, make choices and are aware of their learning goals. They are actively engaged, and monitor and adjust their learning as needed." For some teachers allowing students to adjust their own learning could be a huge shift away from current practice. This requires teachers to not only give students ownership but also to trust them to make decisions about learning that are best for them. I look forward to seeing how this is interpreted in classrooms.

]]> 2018-11-27 14:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/308276405 Agency kbowen15 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/308279712 "A school with a focus on agency considers its perceptions of how children learn, children’s capabilities and the overall value of childhood." This is really empowering for teachers to dig deep into their own values about learning and education. I look forward to facilitating discussions around this in the future. - Kate

]]> 2018-11-27 14:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/308279712 Agency shaimaakarara https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/310061528 ''Agency is the power to take meaningful and intentional action, and acknowledges the rights and responsibilities of the individual, supporting voice, choice and ownership for everyone in the learning community''
The new concept is being introduced AGENCY which is the capacity to act internationally and to valuing agency begins by accepting that students are capable learners and natural inquirer. The challenges are that this needs a lot of support in many ways of collaborating and co-constructing learning and learning goals , also creating a culture of respect. Creating learning environments to support social and emotional well-being is required. All the organising structure need to work together to achieve and approach success.( Shaimaa ]]> 2018-12-01 14:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/310061528 Exhibition shaimaakarara https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/310063953 ''The exhibition may become one of the six units of inquiry during the final year or it may stand outside the programme of inquiry, with a more flexible time frame to support student inquiries and school contexts. It is not a seventh unit of inquiry''
I believe that Enhancements strengthen the Exhibition that schools will be able to start from a guided exhibition and move to a student-led exhibition as their experience with the PYP deepens and their expectation for student independence increases.

]]> 2018-12-01 14:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/310063953 Students have voice, choice and ownership for their own learn. josiewang19741109 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/310375782 For teachers who are used to arrange everything for students, especially young learners, schools need to push hard and offer specific strategies for them to learn how to give students voice, choice and ownership for their own learning. ]]> 2018-12-03 13:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/310375782 Strategies to foster self-efficacy josiewang19741109 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/310376109 Strategies to foster self-efficacy

In this part, many practical strategies are listed to here to give teachers clear ideas how they can support to foster self-efficacy, such as carefully group and regroup students in different ways—ability grouping, social grouping, self-chosen grouping—to foster students’ perceptions of intelligence and ability as fluid.

]]> 2018-12-03 13:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/310376109 The Learning community further offers students multiple opportunities to experience the impact of their choices and opinions... cathsaha https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/311587337 This will give students opportunities to learn through experience which will strengthen action and make it more authentic. Action will then becomes an everyday thing and not a stage that comes at the end of the unit. ]]> 2018-12-05 20:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/311587337 The PYP learner in early years d_helmy1 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/316482636 Moving towards a play based environment in early childhood is an opportunity for authentic learning and deep understanding to the early learners. it is more engaging and involves active learning which fosters creativity and imagination.]]> 2018-12-21 23:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/316482636 Agency in Early Years d_helmy1 https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/316482993 As much as i honor the concept of learners' agency, i see it a little challenging to promote it with early years. Early years is a critical phase. i can think of how far will teachers be challenged by different choices at this age and how can the teacher cater for different needs and voices in this phase.]]> 2018-12-21 23:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/d_helmy1/pi6cr9zr9hpw/wish/316482993