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MYP Subject Groups   The majority of teaching takes place in distinct subject lessons. The aims and objectives of each subject groups address all aspects of learning including knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes. Attitudes: How the student is changed by the learning experience. Skills: How the student will be able to apply what has been learned in new situations. Understanding: How the student will be able to interpret, apply or predict aspects of the subject. Knowledge: The facts that the student should be able to recall to ensure competence in the subject. AssessmentTeachers use assessment criteria based upon the course objectives to assess students'work.Assessment is both formative and summative: Formative: on-going assessment, of various types that helps students with the learning process. Summative: assessments that measure the capability of a student at a particular time. The M1 - M3 MYP Curriculum at ISMBelow is a chart that shows the subjects which will be taught in M1 to M3 at ISM.Students will study a course from each line of the chart, and each of the courses has been allocated a certain amount of time, as shown by the column on the right. More information about these courses is available in the  curriculum handbook and upon request.
The M4/M5 MYP Curriculum at ISMBelow is a chart that shows the subjects which will be taught in M4 at ISM and in M5 in 2008/09.Students will study a course from each line of the chart, and each of the courses has been allocated a certain amount of time, as shown by the column on the right. More information about these courses is available in the curriculum handbook and upon request.
Areas of InteractionFive perspectives known as the areas of interaction are at the core of the MYP programme. These are: approaches to learning, community service, health and social education, environment, and homo faber. These pervade and recur throughout the five years of the MYP, through the eight subject groups, but also through interdisciplinary teaching and projects, whole school activities and the MYP personal project. The areas of interaction are not directly assessed nor awarded individual grades, since they are themes rather than subjects. They are, however, indirectly assessed through the personal project.Personal projectThe five areas of interaction are perspectives rather than specific subjects, and are not directly assessed nor awarded individual grades.They are indirectly assessed through the personal project, an independent piece of work that is intended to be the culmination of the student's sustained involvement with the five areas. The personal project allows the student to complete a significant piece of work over an extended period of time, through a process led by the student with supervision by a teacher. The choice of type of project and its topic is made by the student in consultation with one or more of the MYP teachers responsible for supervising the project's execution according to IBO-published guidelines. The personal project must be accompanied by a document in which the student describes the approach and the method that has been followed and provides a personal response to the issues concerned. The school uses published assessment criteria to assess the personal project. Certificates and Records of AchievementBecause of the truly international and authentically assessed nature of the MYP, there are no formal externally set or externally marked examinations. Instead, the International Baccalaureate Organization validates the standards of the authorized school's assessment through a process of external moderation. This procedure is required for all schools wishing the IB to issue certificates to their graduating students.ISM is authorised to submit candidates for the MYP Record of Achievement and the MYP Certificate - formal documents certifying the student's performance in the Middle Years Programme. This is limited to schools electing to have the internal assessment of their students validated by the IBO through external moderation. The Record of Achievement lists results in all moderated subjects in which the student has been awarded a grade by the school. The Certificate is issued only to students who complete stated requirements. The IBO will issue an MYP certificate to each student who satisfies the following conditions. The student must:
All MYP assessment is carried out by the students' own classroom teachers (or by the supervisors in the case of the personal project). The IBO moderation procedures ensure that the final judgments made by these teachers all conform to an agreed scale of measurement on common criteria. TransferabilityThe curriculum provides for ease of movement between national systems and International Schools, as it is a skills based programme, equipping students with the skills necessary to be life long learners.Life SkillsAll IB MYP students follow a five year course in Life Skills. The course is a continuation of the Life Skills curriculum that runs throughout the secondary school. At IB MYP level lessons aim to cover social, personal and practical skills and topics which relate particularly to young adults and adaptation to secondary school and preparation for the IB Diploma. To begin with, transition and reinforcement of skills needed in secondary school (organization, homework, time management). A variety of other topics are examined, ranging from drug abuse to friendship to study skills to health related issues.From August 2007 our S1 to S5 classes were renamed as M1 to M5, our IB1 and IB2 classes were renamed as D1 and D2. Return to home page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||