IB Learner Profile (3) Thinkers

September 17, 2012

Thinkers. I hope that as a teacher we do a lot of thinking. ‘How could I tailor this concept to be assessed for IA?’ ‘How could I teach the concepts of systematic and random errors so that my students fully understand it?!’ ‘Why is Kc x...

The IB Learner Profile 2 (Knowledgeable)

September 13, 2012

Knowledgeable – like most statements in the learner profile, this has obvious and not so obvious parts associated with it. Yes, we (teachers) and our students are knowledgeable about the subject material (admittedly, some parts we are more knowledgeable on than...

The IB Learner Profile (1) – Inquirers

September 12, 2012

Yesterdays posting introduced the IB learner profile and over the next 10 or so postings I will aim to focus of each aspect of the learner profile with respect to Chemistry. It is a useful activity and one that you may wish to carry out with your students. In what...

The IB Learner Profile

September 11, 2012

The IB Learner Profile characterises how YOU should aim to be with regards to education and learning. It strives to teach people how to be ‘life long learners’ – education does not finish once your diploma has finished and it give you skills that...

Bronze

September 7, 2012

Following on from last months Olympic frenzy and like a good Chemist I felt I couldn’t leave my Olympic postings on Silver and Gold by themselves. I needed to finish the mini series… So here is it – Bronze. Incidentally, in the Chemistry Olympiad (a...

Silver

August 2, 2012

They, we did it! (they = team GB), two Golds in the bag yesterday and the tension of the whole nation is now beginning to ease. I would like to think my inspirational blog post helped! While I was on a roll, I thought I would carry on with the them of medals in the...