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What transdisciplinary skills are addressed in the PYP?
Within their learning throughout the programme, students acquire and apply a set of transdisciplinary skills: social skills, communication skills, thinking skills, research skills and self-management skills.
These skills are valuable, not only in the units of inquiry, but also for any teaching and learning that goes on within the classroom, and in life outside the school. This year addressing the PYP Transdisciplinary Skills will be a major focus in our teaching and learning programs at Bradbury.
PYP transdisciplinary skills
Thinking skills
Acquisition of knowledge
Gaining specific facts, ideas, vocabulary; remembering in a similar form.
Comprehension Grasping meaning from material learned; communicating and interpreting learning.
Application Making use of previously acquired knowledge in practical or new ways.
Analysis Taking knowledge or ideas apart; separating into component parts; seeing relationships; finding unique characteristics.
Synthesis Combining parts to create wholes; creating, designing, developing and innovating.
Evaluation Making judgments or decisions based on chosen criteria; standards and conditions.
Dialectical thought Thinking about two or more different points of view at the same time; understanding those points of view; being able to construct an argument for each point of view based on knowledge of the other(s); realizing that other people can also take one’s own point of view.
Metacognition Analysing one’s own and others’ thought processes; thinking about how one thinks and how one learns.
Social skills
Accepting responsibility
Taking on and completing tasks in an appropriate manner; being willing to assume a share of the responsibility.
Respecting others Listening sensitively to others; making decisions based on fairness and equality; recognizing that others’ beliefs, viewpoints, religions and ideas may differ from one’s own; stating one’s opinion without hurting others.
Cooperating Working cooperatively in a group; being courteous to others; sharing materials; taking turns.
Resolving conflict Listening carefully to others; compromising; reacting reasonably to the situation; accepting responsibility appropriately; being fair.
Group decision making
Listening to others; discussing ideas; asking questions; working towards and obtaining consensus.
Adopting a variety of group roles
Understanding what behaviour is appropriate in a given situation and acting accordingly; being a leader in some circumstances, a follower in others.
Communication skills
Listening Listening to directions; listening to others; listening to information.
Speaking Speaking clearly; giving oral reports to small and large groups; expressing ideas clearly and logically; stating opinions.
Reading Reading a variety of sources for information and pleasure; comprehending what has been read; making inferences and drawing conclusions.
Writing Recording information and observations; taking notes and paraphrasing; writing summaries; writing reports; keeping a journal or record.
Viewing Interpreting and analysing visuals and multimedia; understanding the ways in which images and language interact to convey ideas, values and beliefs;
making informed choices about personal viewing experiences.
Presenting Constructing visuals and multimedia for a range of purposes and audiences; communicating information and ideas through a variety of visual media; using appropriate technology for effective presentation and representation.
Non-verbal communication
Recognizing the meaning of visual and kinesthetic communication;
recognizing and creating signs; interpreting and utilizing symbols.
Self-management skills
Gross motor skills Exhibiting skills in which groups of large muscles are used and the factor of strength is primary.
Fine motor skills Exhibiting skills in which precision in delicate muscle systems is required.
Spatial awareness Displaying a sensitivity to the position of objects in relation to oneself or each other.
Organization Planning and carrying out activities effectively.
Time management Using time effectively and appropriately.
Safety Engaging in personal behaviour that avoids placing oneself or others in danger or at risk.
Healthy lifestyle Making informed choices to achieve a balance in nutrition, rest, relaxation and exercise; practising appropriate hygiene and self-care.
Codes of behaviour Knowing and applying appropriate rules or operating procedures of groups of people.
Informed choices Selecting an appropriate course of action or behaviour based on fact or opinion.
Research skills
Formulating questions
Identifying something one wants or needs to know and asking compelling and relevant questions that can be researched.
Observing Using all the senses to notice relevant details.
Planning Developing a course of action; writing an outline; devising ways of finding out necessary information.
Collecting data Gathering information from a variety of first- and second-hand sources such as maps, surveys, direct observation, books, films, people, museums and ICT.
Recording data Describing and recording observations by drawing, note taking, making charts, tallying, writing statements.
Organizing data Sorting and categorizing information; arranging into understandable forms such as narrative descriptions, tables, timelines, graphs and diagrams.
Interpreting data Drawing conclusions from relationships and patterns that emerge from organized data.
Presenting research findings
Effectively communicating what has been learned; choosing appropriate media.
Chris Duncan - Vice Principal/PYP Coordinator |
