MYP Global Contexts

IB/MYP Organization that works with schools and shares educational values and beliefs –Student-centered education –The conscious and active development of critical thinking –International mindedness –Responsible and principled action

What are the Global Contexts? These provide the main focus for developing the connections between the disciplines, so that students will learn to see knowledge as an interrelated, coherent whole. “Using global contexts, MYP students develop an understanding of their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet”-

Global Contexts Global Contexts establish connections across disciplines Extend student understanding and awareness Explore real life issues and challenges

#1 Identities and Relationships competition and cooperation; teams, affiliation and leadership identity formation, self-esteem, status, roles and role models personal efficacy and agency; attitudes, motivations, independence; happiness and the good life physical, psychological and social development, transitions, health and well-being, lifestyle choices human nature and human dignity, moral reasoning and ethical judgment, consciousness and mind

#2 Orientation in Time and Space civilizations and social histories, heritage; pilgrimage, migration, displacement and exchange epochs, eras, turning points and ‘big history’ scale, duration, frequency and variability peoples, boundaries, exchange and interaction natural and human landscapes and resources evolution, constraints and adaptation

#3 Personal and Cultural Expression artistry, craft, creation, beauty products, systems and institutions social constructions of reality; philosophies and ways of life; belief systems; ritual and play critical literacy, languages and linguistic systems; histories of ideas, fields and disciplines; analysis and argument metacognition and abstract thinking entrepreneurship, practice and competency

#4 Scientific and Cultural Innovation systems, models, methods; products, processes and solutions adaptation, ingenuity and progress opportunity, risk, consequences and responsibility modernization, industrialization and engineering digital life, virtual environments and the information age the biological revolution mathematical puzzles, principles and discoveries

#5 Globalization and Sustainability markets, commodities and commercialization human impact on the environment commonality, diversity and interconnection consumption, conservation, natural resources and public goods population and demography urban planning, strategy and infrastructure

#6 Fairness and Development democracy, politics, government and civil society inequality, difference and inclusion human capability and development ; social entrepreneurs rights, law, civic responsibility and the public sphere justice, peace and conflict management power and privilege authority, security and freedom imagining a hopeful future

Health and social education How do I think and act? How am I changing? How can I look after myself and others?

Human ingenuity (formerly homo faber) Why and how do we create? What are the consequences?

Approaches to learning How do I learn best? How do I know? How do I communicate my understanding?

Community and service How do we live in relation to each other? How can I contribute to the community? How can I help others?

Environments What are our environments? What resources do we have or need? What are my responsibilities?

Activity Use the following events/scenarios and relate them to one of the 5 Global Contexts Earthquake/Tsunami in Japan Colorado movie theatre shooting London Olympics Edward Snowden taking refuge in Russia Man gets attacked by a rabid beaver while swimming