DP Category 1: Mathematics: Application & Interpretation

RECOMMENDED FOR:
Diploma Programme (DP) subject-group teachers new to
the DP at established IB World Schools and teachers from
interested or candidate schools preparing for authorization.
Educators should enroll in a category 1 workshop in their
particular subject area.
These workshops are designed to prepare participants to teach
a specific DP subject in a manner that supports the IB mission
statement and philosophy. The workshop will enable participants to:
• develop a deep understanding of the IB organization: its
history, mission statement, learner profile, IB continuum and
the international dimension
• consider the impact of the centrality of the IB learner profile
and approaches to teaching and learning in the DP and CP
models
• consider how the course makes links with theory of
knowledge (TOK) and creativity, activity, service (CAS) and
takes the CP context into consideration
• explore the nature of the extended essay and the role
of the supervisor, to include reference to world studies
interdisciplinary extended essay
• develop an understanding of student and teacher
approaches to inquiry in the DP/CP classroom
• design course outlines that align with curriculum
requirements, aims and assessment objectives of the subject,
IB terminology and the relevant standards
• design student engagements for interactions with the
syllabus concepts and content
• articulate the assessment requirements
• create formative assessment tasks that will equip students
with the required factual, procedural and conceptual
knowledge that support the summative assessment task(s)
• use assessment criteria to make judgments about student
achievement (criterion-related, best fit)
• interact with and explore the TSM and subject-specific
teaching and learning resources on the programme resource
centre and in the programme communities throughout the
curriculum life cycle
• select and analyse suitable resources that support teaching
and learning in an IB classroom
• promote the importance of academic integrity
• participate in professional learning communities within and
beyond your school to facilitate the transfer of professional
development