Action

media type="custom" key="21049854" //#pypchat 26th July, 2012 We discussed Action in the PYP. Click here to read the archived conversation. //

Discussion Questions:
Q1. What does student initiated action look like ? Q2. What does action look like at different ages? Q3. How is student action recorded? Q4. Is action assessed and reported on? How? Q5. How is action modeled and valued by teachers and parents? Q6. How is action celebrated in your school community? Q7. How does reflection inspire action? Q8. How does a conceptual curriculum support action? Q9. What is inquiry's relationship to action? Q10. How are skills scaffolded so students have capacity to take action?

Resources
Please add links to blogs, articles and other resources relating to action here:

Ted Talk [|Kiran Bir Sethi: Teaching kids to take charge]

Blog post by Tanya de Hoog [|Action FROM Learning]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Great discussion at PYP Threads [|Role of the school in student action]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Old post by @whatedsaid <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Sam Sherratt: [|A Model for Meaningful Action] inspired by the Dalai Lama

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Learning is Contagious: The process of Action old post by @jasongraham99

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] Twitter Length Stories of Action

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] Celebrating the best of Humanity

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Action Tracker] - We Are What We Do - website

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Some good reads: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|The World Needs Your Kid by Craig Kielburger] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Take Action by Craig Kielburger] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Take Action: A guide to active citizenship by Kielburgers]