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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\nAs an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, YIS proudly offers a fully inclusive International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme in Grades 11 and 12, ensuring that all students have access to a globally recognized, high-quality education that fosters critical thinking, intercultural understanding, and personal growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The IB Mission\u00a0<\/p>\n
The International Baccalaureate\u00ae aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To this end the organization works with schools, governments, and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
YIS IB Achievements\u00a0<\/p>\n
YIS started implementing the IB Diploma Programme in 2022-2023 school year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Teaching uses real-life contexts and examples, and students are encouraged to process new information by connecting it to their own experiences and to the world around them.<\/p>\n
Concepts are explored in order to both deepen disciplinary understanding and to help students make connections and transfer learning to new contexts.<\/p>\n
Teaching uses real-life contexts and examples, and students are encouraged to process new information by connecting it to their own experiences and to the world around them.<\/p>\n
This includes promoting teamwork and collaboration between students, but also refers to the collaborative relationship between teachers and students.<\/p>\n
Teaching is inclusive and values diversity. It affirms students\u2019 identities, and aims to create learning opportunities that enable every student to develop and pursue appropriate personal goals.<\/p>\n
Assessment plays a crucial role in supporting, as well as measuring, learning. This approach also recognizes the crucial role of providing students with effective feedback.<\/p>\n
Thinking skills,<\/strong>\u00a0areas such as critical thinking, creative thinking and ethical thinking<\/p>\n Research skills,<\/strong>\u00a0including skills such as comparing, contrasting, validating and prioritizing information<\/p>\n Communication skills,<\/strong>\u00a0including skills such as written and oral communication, effective listening, and formulating arguments<\/p>\n Social skills<\/strong>,\u00a0including areas such as forming and maintaining positive relationships, listening skills, and conflict resolution<\/p>\n Self-management skills<\/strong>,\u00a0including both organizational skills, such as managing time and tasks, and affective skills, such as managing state of mind and motivation.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Group 1- Studies in Language & Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Group 1- Studies in Language & Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n Group 1- Studies in Language & Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n Group 2- Language Acquisition<\/strong><\/p>\n Group 3- Individuals & Societies<\/strong><\/p>\n Group 4 \u2013 Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n Group 5 \u2013 Mathematics<\/strong><\/p>\n Group 6 \u2013 The Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n The IB Diploma requires three subjects to be taken at the Higher Level (HL) and three subjects to be taken at the Standard Level (SL)<\/strong><\/p>\n Theory of knowledge (TOK) is assessed through an oral presentation and a 1,600 word essay.<\/strong> The extended essay is a required component of the International Baccalaureate\u00ae (IB) Diploma Programme (DP).<\/strong> What is the significance of the extended essay?<\/strong> Through the research process for the extended essay, students develop skills in:<\/p>\n Participation in this process develops the capacity to analyze, synthesize and evaluate knowledge.<\/p>\n The extended essay is a required component of the International Baccalaureate\u00ae (IB) Diploma Programme (DP).<\/strong> What is the significance of the extended essay?<\/strong> Through the research process for the extended essay, students develop skills in:<\/p>\n Participation in this process develops the capacity to analyze, synthesize and evaluate knowledge.<\/p>\n IB has more emphasis on writing and developing critical thinking skills<\/strong>\u2014and not just on the exams themselves. The IB diploma also requires the extended essay, a long, college-style research paper. The IB program also has extracurricular requirements.<\/p>\n In contrast, the AP is a program focused on teaching students specific content and testing their knowledge on the exams. There is more multiple-choice and emphasis on meeting certain content goals.<\/p>\n If you would like to download the IB Academic Integrity Policy, please feel free to\u00a0[click here]<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t IB Diploma Programme As an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, YIS proudly offers a fully inclusive International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme in Grades 11 and 12, ensuring that all students…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16684,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16081","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yismyanmar.com\/New2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yismyanmar.com\/New2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yismyanmar.com\/New2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yismyanmar.com\/New2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yismyanmar.com\/New2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16081"}],"version-history":[{"count":181,"href":"https:\/\/yismyanmar.com\/New2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21162,"href":"https:\/\/yismyanmar.com\/New2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16081\/revisions\/21162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yismyanmar.com\/New2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yismyanmar.com\/New2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The IB DP Cirriculum Model<\/h2>\n
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The Choice of Subjects (for the DP)<\/h2>\n
ONE from EACH of the GROUPS 1 through 5.<\/h5>\n
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Students choose their SIXTH(6th) Subject in any of the following ways:<\/h5>\n
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Theory of Knowledge<\/h5>\n
It asks students to reflect on the nature of knowledge, and on how we know what we claim to know.
TOK is part of the International Baccalaureate\u00ae (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) core, and is mandatory for all students.<\/p>\nExtended Essay<\/h5>\n
It is an independent piece of research, culminating with a 4,000-word paper.<\/p>\n
The extended essay provides:<\/p>\n\n
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CAS Projects<\/h5>\n
It is an independent piece of research, culminating with a 4,000-word paper.<\/p>\n
The extended essay provides:<\/p>\n\n
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IB and AP Have Different Program Goals<\/h4>\n
IB Academic Integrity Policy<\/h4>\n
School Policy & Guides\u200b<\/h2>\n
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