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St. James Catholic Global Learning Centre

St. James Catholic Global Learning Centre. Exhibition 2014. What is the Exhibition? . The E xhibition is a celebration of learning for students . It is a culminating project that involves a collaborative inquiry that students are interested in exploring.

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St. James Catholic Global Learning Centre

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  1. St. James Catholic Global Learning Centre Exhibition 2014

  2. What is the Exhibition? • The Exhibition is a celebration of learning for students. • It is a culminating project that involves a collaborative inquiry that students are interested in exploring. • The Exhibition is meant to reflect what students understand of the inquiry process and other PYP elements such as the attributes of the learner profile that they have been developing over the course of their studies. • The Exhibition is an opportunity for students to demonstrate independence and responsibility for their own learning. They will be able to take their learning from the previous units of inquiry and demonstrate how they can take action as a result of their learning.

  3. Sharing the Planet An inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationships within and between them; access to equal opportunities, peace and conflict resolution.

  4. Theme: Sharing the Planet Central Idea:ACTIONS AND DECISIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES THAT AFFECT SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Topic:

  5. Central Idea:ACTIONS AND DECISIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES THAT AFFECT SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT • Possible topics: • XL Pipeline • Flight • Green space • Health care accessibility • Human rights • Education access around the world • Industrial pollution • Population distribution • Natural park systems • Conflict in our world today

  6. To Do List: • Topic • Brainstorm • Ask questions: What do I want to discover? What valuable information do I want to share? • Central Idea – Lines of inquiry – Think of key words • Reference list • Written report • Possible guest speakers or class visits • Presentation

  7. Inquiry Cycle

  8. PYP Essential Elements Knowledge: Transdisciplinary Themes – What do we want the students to know about? Concepts: What do we want the students to understand? Skills: What do we want the students to be able to do? Attitudes: What do we want the students to feel, value and demonstrate? Action: How do we want the students to act?

  9. Learner Profile Attributes • Inquirer • Thinker • Caring • Balanced • Knowledgeable • Reflective • Open-minded • Risk-taker/Courageous • Communicator • Principled

  10. Learner Attitudes • Appreciation • Commitment • Confidence • Creativity • Curiosity • Empathy • Enthusiasm • Independence • Integrity • Respect • Tolerance

  11. FORM: What is it like? • FUNCTION: How does it work? • CAUSATION: Why is it like this? • CONNECTION: How is it related to other things? • CHANGE: How is it changing? • PERSPECTIVE: What are the points of view? • REFLECTION: How do we know? • RESPONSIBILITY: What is our responsibility?

  12. Transdisciplinary skills • Social skills: accept responsibility; respect others; cooperate, engage in conflict resolution and group decision making; take on various group roles. • Research skills: ask questions, make observations; plan; collect, record, organize and interpret data; present findings. • Thinking skills: gain knowledge; construct meaning and understanding; apply knowledge; make decisions; think about different points of view. • Self-management skills: be organized; act safely; use time management skills; use appropriate behaviour; make informed decisions. • Communication skills: listening (to directions, to others, to information); speaking (express knowledge, ideas and opinions, oral presentation); reading (information, understand what is read, make inferences, draw conclusions); writing (record information and observations, write reports, keep a journal).

  13. What can the exhibition look like? • Written project • Oral presentation • Prezi or PowerPoint presentation • Performances in any medium – dance, drama, film, video, mixed media, ...

  14. Possible Assessments • Rubrics • Teacher, self- and peer- assessments • Written report • Presentation • Conferencing with teachers (scheduled and ongoing) • Embedded throughout the inquiry process will be the application of the Learner Profile Attributes, Attitudes, Skills, Concepts, Action and Effort

  15. Role of teachers, mentors, parents: facilitate, guide, evaluate, advise, monitor, question, challenge, clarify Watch movies or video clips about the topic of choice Research topic together Find current events relating to the topic Monitor their progress • Help guide the inquiry by asking questions: • Help me understand…I wonder if...What do you think... I noticed....This is what I don’t get…It makes sense that...

  16. Mark your calendars! Exhibition Night:May 8, 2014

  17. St. James Catholic Global Learning Centre Exhibition 2014

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