What Do Students Say?
Yes, the Tracker Apps Blog is back after a summer hiatus! For the start of the Fall Term, we are publishing a piece by our own Malcolm Nicolson, where he interviewed two students about their views on school, teaching and relationships with their teachers. We…
From Next Chapter to a New Beginning
(CAO Tracker Apps) Over the last decade or so I have been fortunate enough to be involved in many exciting educational developments. My five-year period as Head of MYP Development saw a move from Cardiff to The Hague; the set-up and development of the MYP:…
How and why did ATL develop across the continuum of IB programmes?
As many of my friends and former IB colleagues will recall, sometimes with annoyance, I believe that institutional knowledge can be valuable. This is one reason I wrote History of the MYP (2010)! Frequently in meetings I would challenge everyone by highlighting how certain IB…
How does the IB view Approaches to Learning?
How important is ATL? The MYP was built around Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills. The whole idea of the developing programme in the 1980s and 1990s was to find a way to support students in learning and practicing a range of skills that would set…