What+is+International+Mindedness


 * 22 May 2014 - What is International Mindedness **

Please list any suggested questions for the chat here

1. What does international mindedness mean to you? #pypchat

2. Does international mindedness include more than the learner profile? #pypchat

3. How do you promote international mindedness in students? #pypchat

4. Should international mindedness be taught explicitly or is an implicit approach enough? #pypchat

5. Is international mindedness relevant for students in all contexts? eg less advantaged, more isolated #pypchat

6. Is the IB learner profile’s interpretation of “international education” truly international? #pypchat

7. T echnology allows us to easily connect globally. How does this impact on the IB focus on IM? #pypchat

8. How has the concept of international mindedness changed in recent years? #pypchat

9. Why is international mindedness (10through the LP) such a focus in PYP - but not so in the MYP and DP?

10. How do we ensure that International Mindedness is not just a buzzword that looks nice in a prospectus?

11. What is the opposite of International mindedness?

Please list or link to any resources related to this topic that you would like to share

1) A new position paper, ** Reflections and projections on the IB learner profile ** was [|posted]  today (14 May) on the OCC.

Interesting read...and George Walker contributes a revised "definition" of international mindedness...and adds a third question that makes a great question (Added at #10 because it might be too "heavy"...)

2) Article: [|International Mindedness is a Frame of Mind]

3) [|International Mindedness]  Links & Resources on the PYP Library Website

4) International Mindedness Literature & Media [|Pinterest Board]

5) ** Research report:Conceptualizing and assessing International Mindedness (IM): An exploratory study **

Available to download from the OCC