Middle Years Program: MYP

The MYP program at the International School of Kungsholmen caters to students from age 12 to 16. From MYP 1 to MYP 4, the students are encouraged to pursue knowledge based on the practical application of learning in a real-world setting. Creating opportunities for students to reflect not only on themselves but on the world around them encourages authentic learning and promotes taking responsibility.

Teaching and Learning in Context

Students learn best when their learning experiences have context and are connected to their lives and their experience of the world that they have experienced.

Using global contexts, MYP students develop an understanding of their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet through developmentally appropriate explorations of:

identities and relationships
personal and cultural expression
orientations in space and time
scientific and technical innovation
fairness and development
globalization and sustainability.

Conceptual Understanding

Concepts are big ideas that have relevance within specific disciplines and across subject areas. MYP students use concepts as a vehicle to inquire into issues and ideas of personal, local and global significance and examine knowledge holistically. The MYP prescribes sixteen key interdisciplinary concepts along with related concepts for each discipline.

Approaches to Learning

A unifying thread throughout all MYP subject groups, approaches to learning (ATL) provide the foundation for independent learning and encourage the application of their knowledge and skills in unfamiliar contexts. Developing and applying these social, thinking, research, communication and self management skills helps students learn how to learn.

Service as Action

Students take action when they apply what they are learning in the classroom and beyond. IB learners strive to be caring members of the community who demonstrate a commitment to service—making a positive difference to the lives of others and to the environment.

The focus on service as action becomes even more evident as students prepare their community service projects. These projects are presented to the school community to demonstrate commitment to developing beyond the realm of knowledge and into personal growth.

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