What is an IB Education?
This series of workshops challenges you to explore the question “What is an IB education?”. Participants will engage in provocative learning experiences around challenging ideas central to the IB’s mission to make the world a better place through education. These workshops are available as either cross-programme experiences or as a single programme focus.
ALL WORKSHOPS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR: All educators, IB coordinators and school leaders or decision makers at any point in their journey as life-long learners. These are also suitable for educators who do not teach IB programmes.
FEATURED
Building student competencies
Organize learning to develop lifelong learners, design curriculum for skill development and promote metacognition.
Building teacher competencies
Grow pedagogical practices, engage learners and implement innovative teaching strategies.
Educational belonging: Fostering diversity and equity in schools
Promote diversity and equity, understand educational belonging and implement inclusive practices.
Written primarily for educators, What is an IB education? provides an overview and explanation of the IB's educational philosophy. These workshops further explore how the IB's mission and philosophy shape and drive our programmes.
Agency, action and engagement
Design learning experiences to support student agency, action and engagement beyond the classroom.
Approaches to learning
Develop skills for lifelong learning, metacognitive strategies and curriculum design for self-regulated learners.
Beyond the disciplines
Construct learning to internalize and transfer meaning, encouraging holistic education.
Building student competencies
Organize learning to develop lifelong learners, design curriculum for skill development and promote metacognition.
Building teacher competencies
Grow pedagogical practices, engage learners and implement innovative teaching strategies.
Educational belonging: Fostering diversity and equity in schools
Promote diversity and equity, understand educational belonging and implement inclusive practices.
Living and learning globally
Develop knowledge and competencies for living in a globally connected world.
Multilingualism: Philosophy, policy and practice
Explore the role of multilingualism in teaching and learning and develop language policies for your school.
Principles of equitable and inclusive education
Develop an understanding of IB principles to deliver inclusive education.
Social and emotional learning
Cultivate emotional well-being, perseverance, self-regulation and self-motivation.
The learner profile
Investigate the IB learner profile, develop strategies for international education and promote meaningful action.
The role of the librarian
Explore how to support IB programmes, develop student-centered learning environments and collaborate with academic staff.
