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InternationalMindednessA workshop for parentsApril 19th, 2012

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From page to practice…….at the heart of the IBPYP

Internationalmindedness

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Are you Internationally-minded?

How would someone know you are internationally-minded?

‘Interconnectedness’

Cultural Dissonance

We really notice ‘culture’ only when we find ourselves out of our familiar cultural

element…

We cannot understand others until we understand ourselves;

We cannot understand ourselves until we encounter difference…AJC Villamarin and M. Driscoll – “Promoting International Mindedness in the PYP”, September 2009

The ‘hidden curriculum’(Jeff Thompson)

What is our RESPONSIBILITY? What are the POINTS OF VIEW? How is it CONNECTED to others things?

We teach who we are.

We lead who we are.Kathy Short, International Mindedness Workshop

What do your children bring to school? (values, cultural morés)

How can WE know? How can

WE support?

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InternationalmindednessDiamond rank the Learner Profile in terms of most to least

important. What makes you say that?

If you were to add or remove a profile, which would it be? Why?

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