Stepping out of the classroom, flying into the Case Study…

February 17, 2015

This is the second post by Business Management teacher Danielle Maguire, of  Jumeirah English Speaking School, whose department chose to deliver their Business Management course using the concepts as lenses. In this post, Danielle describes how a field trip to...

LadyA case study

January 31, 2015

OSC and Triple A Learning have released an ideal support pack for using with students for the IB Business and Management 2014/15 case study – LadyA. The pack contains a wealth of engaging and interactive activities, questions, mock exam paper, mark scheme and possible...

Business Management through the lens of TOK

January 21, 2015

The new Business Management guide makes the links between the subject and TOK far more explicit and increases the expectation that TOK should be incorporated into the Business curriculum, in addition to discrete TOK lessons. Students of Business Management, like other...

Teaching through the themes – radicalism or realism?

December 9, 2014

At a recent workshop, I was fortunate to work with a colleague, who is part of a department teaching the new Business Management programme using the 6 concepts (CUEGIS) as the focus for their scheme of work. In the following post, Business Management teacher Danielle...

2015 Guide: Approaches to Teaching and Learning (ATL) in the DP

November 21, 2014

Approaches to teaching and learning (ATL) in the Diploma Programme is designed to support key values and principles of an IB education and has been developed since 2011 to align the DP with the PYP and MYP. The new ATL guide and supporting materials are intended to...

Culture eats strategy for breakfast

October 29, 2014

The relationship between the six concepts central to the delivery of the new Business Management programme is one that is worth exploring in detail with students. When applying concepts to contexts in the form of real life case studies, it is quickly apparent that...