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<\/a><\/p>\nDeveloped by UK-based Fieldwork Education \u2013 the organization behind the increasingly popular International Primary Curriculum (IPC) \u2013 the IMYC is a curriculum that focuses foremost on student learning. It responds specifically to the needs of 11 to 14 year olds by providing independence and interdependence in their learning through discrete subject learning and themes, encouraging learning that helps them make connections that are relevant to their own lives. It draws on current media platforms, involves active skills-based learning, and promotes self-reflection and the opportunity for students to make sense of their learning.\u00a0 The IMYC was launched by Fieldwork Education in September as a result of requests from many international schools wishing to extend the thematic, rigorous and engaging learning approach of the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) into middle years.<\/p>\n
The IMYC has already received very positive feedback. At the American International School of Rotterdam<\/a>, Secondary Principal Alison Lipp says: \u201cThe children have already grown. The IMYC is definitely engaging them more, it\u2019s been a big confidence-builder for many of them and it\u2019s helping them all to want to solve problems and take ownership of their learning.\u201d In Germany, at the International School of Bremen<\/a>, Maths teacher Sabine Keeley said: \u201cIt\u2019s shown us what our students are capable of achieving because previously, the teachers wouldn\u2019t have expected so much of them. It\u2019s getting the students to think out of the box and it\u2019s amazing to see.\u201d<\/p>\n The IMYC involves six week units of learning based around a \u2018Big Idea\u2019.\u00a0 This Big Idea centres on an abstract, conceptual theme that challenges young teenagers to think about its meaning and connection through each subject as well as a personal disposition.\u00a0For example, in the IMYC Balance unit, students\u2019 learning is all based around the Big Idea that \u2018Things are more stable when different elements are in the correct or best possible proportions,\u2019 and in the IMYC Collaboration unit, learning follows the Big Idea that \u2018When people work together they can achieve a common goal\u2019.\u00a0 Through the learning of specific knowledge, skills and understanding in all subjects (science, art, ICT, music, history, design and technology, PE, geography, language arts), students make connections between their various classes by investigating how the Big Idea relates to each discrete subject.\u00a0 Through blogging or journaling over the course of the unit, students are encouraged to reflect on the Big Idea and to develop their understanding of how it relates to them personally and to the world around them. At the end of the six weeks of subject learning, students collaborate to produce a media project (such as a podcast or video) to present their personal understanding of the Big Idea to the rest of their classmates.<\/p>\n \u201cEleven to fourteen year olds have very different needs than primary learners. It\u2019s not all hormones and attitude; their brains are changing,\u201d says Emily Porter, Director of the IMYC. \u201cThe Big Idea provides them with a \u2018rope\u2019 to hold on to as they move from subject to subject which is hugely beneficial for them at this age; it gives them meaning in their learning and helps them to organise that meaning in a better way. The Exit Point at the end of each unit encourages them to express their understanding of the Big Idea in a collaborative media presentation which they share with their classmates. The projects we\u2019re seeing reflect the thinking and personal connection that students are experiencing.\u201d<\/p>\n As for the teachers, Bart Van Den Haak, Principal of Verenigde Scholen J.A. Alberdingk Thijm, in The Netherlands says: \u201cWe are constantly trying to get teachers to think about the work and the learning and to be innovative. For me, that was the most important reason for introducing the IMYC. The IMYC is an inspiring framework and a source to stimulate teachers to support their children in a challenging and 21st<\/sup> century way. The IMYC helps teachers to facilitate not only the average students but also to let children of all abilities have exciting, challenging learning experiences. Because the IMYC is not static \u2013 it\u2019s very dynamic \u2013 the teacher can differentiate for every student. The IMYC gives children space to develop in their own way, something that we really miss in a lot of schools in The Netherlands.\u201d Nina, a sixth grade Science teacher from the American International School of Rotterdam who has been teaching with the IMYC says: \u201cIt\u2019s just the right amount of detail in the IMYC framework, so that then I can customise the learning. It\u2019s giving me freedom and autonomy but also giving me ideas based on a theme that everyone is following.\u201d And Senior Principal at the school, Alison Lipp adds: \u201cIt\u2019s forcing us all to support the same approach and that\u2019s getting the teachers working together. This is focusing our communication and it makes the time that we do have together much more productive. The IMYC is so natural. It spreads, it\u2019s infectious. We\u2019re already sharing our experiences and our thinking, and to see and hear what everyone\u2019s doing, that\u2019s huge. It\u2019s amazing to see the teachers collaborating with each other on the Media Project. I\u2019ve never seen that level of collaboration before.\u201d<\/p>\n For more information about the IMYC or to talk with a school already using the IMYC contact Fieldwork Education at +44(0)20 7531 9696<\/a> or visit www.greatlearning.com\/imyc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This year, eleven and twelve year-olds from several international schools, as well as schools in the UK, are experiencing a different way of learning with the new International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) \u2013 and it is already proving to have a positive impact. 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