IBDP library
Non fiction books 2: selection by a risk-taker librarian
Books selected by instinct: nonfiction Occasionally, books we assess or review may not fit with our book selection criteria or development plan priorities, but nevertheless we might have an instinctive...
IBDP librarian
Library development planning
Planning - and progressing a specific plan - for library development is a means of encapsulating how we can achieve identified goals. Here, we look at related concepts of strategic planning and development...
IBDP library
Genrefication - genrefying the library collection
Genrefying the school library collection is an ‘evergreen’ topic for school and other community-based libraries. It is a common arrangement in bookstores, where books are grouped according to the genre...
Teaching & learning
Critical thinking: evaluating authority and bias in sources
One very practical application of student critical thinking can focus on evaluation of the authority and bias of writers of information sources. Whilst there are references in IB documentation to provision...
IBDP library
Translation
Whilst the words translations and translating mean different things in various contexts, here we focus on translation of literature. Translations of books may be relevant for some DP subjects, e.g. Classical...
IB philosophy
Language, languages and multilingualism
Whilst there are various ways in which language can be looked at, here we focus on language as an aspect of international-mindedness, including the school language policy, multilingualism, first, home...
Teaching & learning
Theory of Knowledge (TOK)
Theory of knowledge is an essential element of the IB Diploma Programme, and as such is part of what is known as the core of the DP. So, all full diploma students need to follow a course in TOK, and satisfy...
IB philosophy
Host culture
The host culture tends to be a concept that is inferred rather than explicitly mentioned in IB documentation but if you mention the term in conversation in an IB environment, there tends to be lots of...
Teaching & learning
Research skills: where and what
ATL research skills is a general grouping and once the concept of research skills is examined or analysed, it becomes clear it is a complex grouping of related - but sometimes isolated - processes, stages,...
Teaching & learning
Orientation
Whether it is called orientation, introducing or induction, here we are thinking about introducing the library and librarian to DP students. Some librarians have to make a case for curriculum time for...