Connections: Transdisciplinary and past

One aim of PYP learning and teaching is to help students in making connections with their learning. This is not only within the school year, but also to build bridges from past learning and to future inquiries. Spending some time and becoming familiar with the school’s programme of inquiry is an important part of this process.

WIthin each unit of inquiry, it’s important to ensure that learning engagements take place across subject areas. When a unit is strongly grounded in concepts, transdisciplinary learning can be easier to envision and conceive.

To begin this visioning, consider generating a mind or concept map to document and visualize possibilities for transdisciplinary learning. It is important to ensure that learning is authentic and not forced, every subject area may not be included when transdisciplinary learning is designed. If a natural connection is present, document the ideas as a menu for possible future learning opportunities.

Consider how multiple perspectives can be presented throughout the inquiry. We want learning to address historic and current events, and have relevance to both a local and global context.