August 29th, 2018

Here at AISL, we find we come from different backgrounds, different countries, hold different beliefs, and speak different languages. In fact, for those of us who are British and from the Southern hemisphere, we sometimes feel that we speak a different language to our American counterparts and need to explain our expressions and choice of words. 

A few years back when I worked with an American Drama teacher - David Chapman - creating costumes for performances, we found we had to draw pictures for each other on occasion so as to be quite clear as to what we understood by certain costume pieces needed. For me, a ‘vest’ brings to mind an undergarment worn by men under a long sleeve cotton shirt! In David’s mind a vest was a ‘waistcoat!’ 

My point is this. In order for us to communicate effectively we need a common language and that is just what the IB provide through the Learner Profile attributes, Approaches to Learning skills, Global Contexts, and Command words. 

By agreeing to use this language at school, students and teachers are able to communicate far more clearly and easily. We have common understanding of meaning and expectation … and this makes learning easier! 

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In order to develop IB students, the Learner profile attributes could be reinforced at home. After all, they are probably attributes we want our children to have. Here are the 10 attributes:

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