The Areas of Interaction are…

The lens/perspective through which

teachers and students view a

particular topic, lesson or issue

Five organizing elements forming the core of the MYP and integrated within the

student’s learning

Health and social education

Community and service

Approaches to learning

Human Ingenuity

Environments

The five areas of interaction

The areas of interaction: are common interactive organizing elements, not

subjects provide a focus for teacher planning and instruction help students see the connections between subjects help students understand that real-world problems are

solved using skills and concepts from a variety of disciplines

can be compared to lenses or foci through which teachers and students approach the different disciplines and establish connections with real life issues

are a starting point for the personal project

Defining statements

Implementation of the Areas of Interaction

• They should provide a framework for inquiry• They provide the holistic environment for

learning• Part of curricular structure through inquiry-

based units • Lead directly to critical thinking and the higher

levels of Bloom’s taxonomy• Provide relevance and excitement for

learning in both students and teachers

Approaches to Learning

How do I learn best?How do I know?How do I communicate my understanding?

The focus is to develop intellectual

discipline, attitudes, strategies,

and skills which result in

independent thought processes

and growth.

• ATL is concerned with:

– intellectual disciplines, attitudes, strategies and skills

– “learning how to learn”

– awareness of thought processes and their strategic use

• ATL results in:

– critical, coherent and independent thinking

– capacity for problem solving and decision making

Defining features of Approaches to Learning

Community and Service

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

Community and Service starts in

the classroom and then extends

beyond Emphasis is on developing community awareness, a

sense of responsibility, and the skills

needed to make an effective

contribution to society

Defining features of Community and Service

• Community and service is concerned with:– understanding communities and how they organize

themselves– community awareness and concern

• Community and service results in:– sense of responsibility, tolerance, respect and empathy– affective, creative, ethical and cognitive development– awareness of role of individual in a community– active participation– altruism

Community and

Service

AwarenessInvolvementand service

Reflection

Better awareness of needs to develop quality responses; development of positive attitude

The three central elements of community and service

Development of sophisticated personal answers to fundamental

questions

Active engagement in service activities to increase responsibilities

and initiative; development of satisfaction and self-esteem

Human IngenuityThis Area of Interaction

encourages students to explore relationships between science, ethics and life.

It is the core of student-centered learning

How have human minds influenced the world?

What are the consequences?

Defining features of Human Ingenuity:

• Human Ingenuity is concerned with:

– understanding the evolution, processes and products of the human creation

– appreciating the human capacity and willingness to impact life through creation, innovation, development and transformation

– exploring relationships between ethics, science., aesthetics and technology

Examples:

> Human ability to create change

> Scientific and mathematical thought

> Ethical development

> Changing perspectives

Environments

• How do we interact with the world at large?• What is my role in the environments in which I live, work, and play?• What are my responsibilities?

This Area of Interaction aims to make students aware of their

interdependence with different environments so that theydevelop and enhance their

awareness andresponsibility for maintainingeach of these environments

Defining features of Environments

Implementation should:

• Be approached from many perspectives• Involve critical thinking• Lead to responsible action• Encourage intercultural awareness• Address both global and local issues• Support the whole school

Health and Social Education

• How do I think and act?• How am I changing?• How can I look after myself and others?

Health and Social Education preparesstudents for a mentally and physicallyhealthy life. Students develop a senseof responsibility for their physical andsocial well-being and are encouraged to explore their own potential to develop healthy relationships with others.

Defining features of Health and Social Education

• Health and social education is concerned with:– reflecting on physical, social and emotional health and

intelligence– examining, discussing and reflecting medical,

psychological, sociological, economic and legal aspects of health

• Health and social education results in:– skills and knowledge to make informed choices– responsibility for self and others’ well-being– a physically and mentally healthy life

Areas of Interaction

ATL

Community & Service

Environment

Health & Social

Human Ingenuity

IB Mission

Context or “Why?”

MYP objectives

Assessment

Criteria

Summative

Formative

Curriculum

Standards/ outcomes

“content” topics

generalspecific

Alignment and coherence

Content or “What?”

Fundamental ConceptsLearner Profile

Unpacking the MYP Unit Planner

• What are the elements of an MYP unit?• How are they interwoven?

The MYP unit planner may also be used for

interdisciplinary unit planning when two teachers from two

different subject areas come together to plan.

Development of Unit Question

Area of Interaction

Unit Question

A question that helps the student figure out “why do I need to know this?”

Big Idea

What about assessment?

Assessment

Unit Question

Aligning Standards & MYP Objectives

Area of Interaction

Appropriate TASK

MYP Assessment CRITERIA