Concepts are understandings that cross time, place and culture. Imagine that you had a series of telescopes or lenses that when you looked through them you would see the world in a very particular way. This is what concepts help learners do, see that regardless of disciplines or subjects all things are connected and can be viewed in particular ways through conceptual understandings.

The IB PYP has identified seven key concepts to focus all learning in the primary years. However conceptual inquiry is not unique or limited to teaching within the IB. For more ideas feel free to contact us and we can help you develop concept driven inquiry for you and your learners.

PERSPECTIVE: What are some possible points of view?
If you are looking through the PERSPECTIVE ‘telescope’ you will be able to uncover an

idea stretches across time place and culture inviting people to stop, reflect and imagine other possibilities or perspectives. All persons are subject to many influences and will make identity claims that will influence how they see, understand and share what they know about the world around them

For example:

What do you and others think about…?

Explore different observations, feelings and ideas, etc.

How else could something be done?

Why do think…?

Who might see this in similar or different ways?

What might be the multiple ways of seeing, understanding and interacting with an idea, event, belief or action?

What would make it possible for you to practice the ‘art of abandonment’ in order to see things in a new way?

Use the PERSPECTIVE lens to look at these photos…

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