Integrating ATLs in the MYP Science Classroom

Hema Rai

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Content or skills? A debate as old as time in MYP classrooms!

In this session with MYP and DP Coordinator Hema Rai, explore how the Approaches To Learning skills can be taught, implicitly and explicitly in the MYP science classroom. Weigh in on the importance of knowledge and facts in the classroom while considering what research says about skills vs facts. MYP Science teachers are sure to take away strategies to balance the two in the classroom through the lens of the ATL skills.

Highlights you don’t want to miss

Explore helpful frameworks that will aid your unit planning by mapping ATL skills to objectives
Grasp the art of incorporating ATL skills both implicitly and explicitly in your Science units

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Hema Rai

MYP and DP Coordinator, Zhuhai International School

Disclaimer - This event is organised independently of and not endorsed by the IB. Toddle’s events and webinars are organised to enable an exchange of practices and ideas within the educator community and are not a replacement for official IB workshops. Views and opinions expressed by the speakers are their personal views and should not be construed as official guidance by the IB. Please seek assistance from your school’s IB coordinator and/or refer to official IB documents before implementing shared ideas and strategies in your classroom.

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Hema Rai

Hema Rai is an experienced MYP educator with a Masters in Microbiology. Before moving to her current job as MYPC and Science educator at Zhuhai International School, she worked in various schools in India. As an MYP coordinator she has led her team successfully through program evaluation. Though she is a science teacher, she has been associated with teaching TOK from her very first year in IB. She has led sessions for teachers in schools to help them understand how to incorporate TOK in their respective subjects.

Approaches to Learning Skills, Curriculum Planning

Integrating ATLs in the MYP Science Classroom

Content or skills? A debate as old as time in the MYP classrooms. In this session with MYP and DP Coordinator Hema Rai, explore how the approaches to learning can be taught, implicitly and explicitly in the MYP science classroom. Weigh in on the importance of knowledge and facts in the classroom while considering what research says about skills vs facts. MYP Science teachers are sure to take away strategies to balance the two in the classroom using the powerful approaches to learning.