INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PANAMA
The IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) combines the best research and teaching practice from a range of international models, providing a relevant and engaging curriculum framework that’s used worldwide.
The PYP’s educational approach is inquiry-based, which means your child will be actively involved in – and take responsibility for – their own learning. Inquiry moves our Elementary School students to a deeper level of understanding through the synthesis, analysis, and manipulation of knowledge, which is done either through play or more formal approaches.
What does inquiry-based learning involve?
- Exploring, wondering, and questioning; experimenting and playing with possibilities.
- Making connections between previous and current learning; making predictions and acting purposefully to see what happens.
- Collecting data and reporting findings; clarifying existing ideas; reappraising perceptions of events.
- Deepening understanding through the application of an idea or concept; making and testing theories.
- Researching or seeking information; taking and defending a position.
- Solving problems in creative ways.