MYP - Middle Years Program
The International Baccalaureate MYP presents schools with a comprehensive plan for high quality, international education for children between 11 – 16 years of age.
What is the MYP?
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) balances the acquisition of significant and relevant knowledge and skills, the development of conceptual understanding, the formation of personal, positive attitudes and the capacity to take responsible actions.
- Aims to help students develop their personal understanding, their emerging sense of self and responsibility in their community.
- Encourages students to develop independence and to take responsibility for their own learning
- Supports students’ effort to gain understanding of the world and to function effectively within it
- Helps students to establish personal values as a foundation on which international-mindedness will flourish
MYP (Middle Years Program)
Designed for students aged 11 to 16 (typically covering grades 6-10 or 7-10), the MYP focuses on the development of the adolescent learner. It aims to provide a holistic educational experience that emphasizes interdisciplinary learning, global contexts, and the development of critical thinking skills.
- The MYP is organized around eight subject groups: Language and Literature, Language Acquisition, Individuals and Societies, Sciences, Mathematics, Arts, Physical and Health Education, and Design. Students study subjects within these groups and engage in interdisciplinary learning through the MYP's Global Contexts.
- Assessment in the MYP is criterion-referenced and focuses on students' mastery of subject-specific objectives and the development of ATL (Approaches to Learning) skills. Assessment tasks are designed to be authentic, meaningful, and reflective of real-world contexts.
- In addition to subject-specific content, the MYP emphasizes the development of Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills, which are integrated into each subject group. These skills help students become independent learners and responsible global citizens.
As of June 26, 2024,
There are 1859 schools offering the MYP, in 127 different countries worldwide.
MYP students develop an understanding of their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet through developmentally appropriate explorations
EXPLORATION WITHIN THE MYP:
- Identities and relationships
- Personal and cultural expression
- Orientations in space and time
- Scientific and technical innovation
- Fairness and development
- Globalization and sustainability.
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN THE MYP
KNOWLEDGE, which is both disciplinary, represented by traditional subject areas (language, maths, science, social studies, arts, PSPE) and trans-disciplinary
CONCEPTS, which students explore through structured inquiry in order to develop coherent, in-depth understanding, and which have relevance both within and beyond subject areas
SKILLS, which are the broad capabilities students develop and apply during learning and in life beyond the classroom
ACTION, which is an expectation in the PYP that successful inquiry leads to responsible, thoughtful and appropriate action.
WHAT THE MYP OFFERS STUDENTS
The program incorporates local and global issues into the curriculum, asking students to look at six related, transdisciplinary themes and to consider the links between them. The themes include ‘who we are’, ‘where we are in place and time’ and ‘how the world works’.
