Lauren Hoyt, Principal

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Transdisciplinary Curriculum
More than subject integration, the PYP transciplinary philosophy looks for overarching themes through which to reach all aspects of the curricula. There are six basic questions which guide the creation of a school's Programme of Inquiry:
Who are we?
Where are we in
place and time?
How do we express ourselves?
How does the world work?
How do we organize ourselves?
How should we share the planet?

Here are some sites which explore the value of a transdisciplinary curriculum:

The Transdisciplinary Evolution of the University: Condition for Sustainable Development
From a talk by Basarad Nicolescu at the International Congress, "Universities' Responsibility to Society"
International Association of Universities, Chulalongkom University, Bangkok, Thailand
November 12-14, 1997

Declarations and Recommendations from the International Congress of Universities (1997)

UNESCO: Learning Without Frontiers

Integrated Curriculum, Performance Assessment, and Authentic Learning (1996)

Planning Integrated Curriculum (1993)
Susan Drake, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Interdisciplinarity (1998)
Harrier J. Robles, West Valley College

National Center for Cross-disciplinary Teaching & Learning

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