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Intro
Helen Chatburn-Ojehomon
Sage Aletheia MacCormack
Hi! I'm Helen, currently the PYP Coordinator at Ibadan International School in Ibadan, Nigeria. Before that, I taught Grade 6 (Exhibition Year!!) for a few years. I'm really looking forward to this workshop and I'm really excited about attending this conference within Africa!!! I'm looking forward to meeting some new faces and sharing the good practice that I know is happening in PYP schools in our sub-region. See you next week!
Yay, I figured out how to edit, I will write an intro later... Thanks!

Name
Introduction
Elisa Naoum
Hello, I am Elisa. I am the Grade 5 teacher in Ibadan International School in Ibadan, Nigeria. I can't wait to get started on this workshop. I am really excited and eager to get to know some new people and to share our ideas. See you all soon!
Name
Intro
Helen Chatburn-Ojehomon

Name
Intro
Helen Chatburn-Ojehomon
Hi! I'm Helen, currently the PYP Coordinator at Ibadan International School in Ibadan, Nigeria. Before that, I taught Grade 6 (Exhibition Year!!) for a few years. I'm really looking forward to this workshop and I'm really excited about attending this conference within Africa!!! I'm looking forward to meeting some new faces and sharing the good practice that I know is happening in PYP schools in our sub-region. See you next week!

The learning continues......
Things to think about....
How do we best learn?
Think about a time when you had to learn something new. What helped you? What did you have to do? What frustrated you? How did you overcome this? What experiences and feelings do you most remember? Why?
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According to the Learning Pyramid the top three ways a student learns the best are discussion group, practice by doing, and teaching others.
What are your thoughts on that?
What would one see when coming to your class?
How could we best promote and provide opportunities for students to teacher others, practice by doing and participate in discussion groups?

Workshop description:
Concepts are integral to the inquiry process and one of the essential elements of the PYP. A concept driven curriculum promotes meaning and understanding, and challenges students to engage authentically with significant ideas. This workshop will explore concepts in greater depth. Participants will review the theory behind conceptual thinking, develop a better understanding of key and related concepts and analyze the programme of inquiry, units of inquiry and curriculum documents through different conceptual lenses. Participants will also explore practical ways of assessing a learner’s conceptual understanding within a unit of inquiry.
The purpose of this workshop is to develop the following understandings:
Concepts are integral to the inquiry process and one of the essential elements of the PYP.
A concept-driven curriculum promotes meaning and understanding, and challenges students to engage authentically with significant ideas.
A concept-driven curriculum challenges the memorization of isolated facts and the mastery of skills out of context.
The exploration and re-exploration of concepts leads students towards an appreciation of ideas that transcend disciplinary boundaries as well as towards the essence of each subject area.
In addition to the key PYP concepts, each discipline has powerful related concepts that also support inquiry.
The IBO scope and sequence documents are written as conceptual understandings to provide a platform for knowledge and skills development - concepts before content.
Concept based teaching and learning offers a solution to the 'crowded curriculum' by linking students' interests to essential understandings that are transferable across disciplines.
The concepts are explicit at all stages of curriculum planning, in the central idea, the lines of inquiry, provocations to inquire and assessment.
There are other IB professional development opportunities that can enhance an understanding of concepts.