DIPLOMA PROGRAMME - CATEGORY 3
BIOLOGY: INCORPORATING FIELDWORK
Online
ENGLISH - FRENCH - SPANISH
Face-to-face
ENGLISH - FRENCH - SPANISH
RECOMMENDED FOR:
DP biology teachers seeking professional challenge and an opportunity to enrich their curriculum delivery via fieldwork integration. Participants would benefit from prior experience in other DP biology workshops, coupled with the completion of at least one full DP biology course delivery at their schools.
This workshop will provide the rationale behind, an immersive approach to, and key strategies for the successful implementation of biological fieldwork to support and enhance the teaching and learning of International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme biology. Core elements include:
- Identifying how effective fieldwork enhances lifelong learning aligned with the DP model.
- Exploring the essential role and importance of fieldwork in addressing local, national and global scientific and environmental issues whilst highlighting the nature of science skillset students require.
- Understanding how to manage inquiry-driven field-based learning in the context of multiple environments.
- Designing a fieldwork investigation to explore the key issues involved and to experience first-hand the challenges fieldwork presents to students and teachers.
- Learning through practical experience and developing essential skills, techniques and perspectives to implement effective fieldwork at your own school.
- Utilizing strategies to assist students in developing suitable research questions for field-based enquiry.
- Unpacking field-based methodologies and data analysis strategies to foster critical thinking and evaluation skills.
- Unpacking field-based methodologies and data analysis strategies to foster critical thinking and evaluation skills.