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=Widen Their Worlds DVDs=

This series of DVDs and viewer’s guides will spotlight the keystones of the IB’s philosophy of international education and offer guidance on applying these core components into any classroom or curriculum. Because every IB World School must implement these aspects of an international education, case study footage from IB classrooms—from all regions, programmes, and types of schools—will demonstrate the educational element in action. The DVDs will offer tips for planning the curriculum, instructional strategies, ways to overcome challenges, ideas for assessing progress, and issues to consider while reflecting on the outcomes. Classroom clips will be supplemented by commentary from IB teachers and students, as well as perspectives from an IB expert.

**Disc #1: Widen Their Worlds: Teaching for International-mindedness and Action** : This disc will display innovative strategies for going beyond the surface-level “five Fs” of internationalism (flags, food, fashion, festivals, films) and supporting global awareness, understanding, and action across the curriculum. 1. Introduction: The context for international-mindedness and action 2. Nurturing global consciousness 3. Developing intercultural understanding 4. Promoting action with a global perspective 5. Summary/conclusion

**DVD #2: Widen their Worlds: Connecting Across Disciplines** : This disc will look at a range of integrative teaching approaches that spur learners to make meaningful connections across disciplines in order to understand and act in the world. 1. Introduction: The context for connections across disciplines 2. Bringing connections into the classroom 3. Connecting across the school community 4. Connecting to the ‘real world’ 5. Summary/conclusion

**Disc #3: Widen Their Worlds: Building on Learners’ Inquiries** : This disc will explore inquiry-based approaches that encourage learners to design, investigate, and respond to their unique inquiries as they become critical, independent thinkers. 1. Introduction: The context for inquiry 2. Designing inquiries 3. Finding ways to support inquiries 4. Responding to inquiries 5. Summary/conclusion

This wiki consists of a page for each disc. Please upload examples of your teaching (descriptions, planners, student work, etc) on to the page for the disc on which you think it should be featured. If you think an example would fit particularly well in a certain disc chapter (i.e. "Connecting across the school community"), then feel free to place the example under that heading. Also, please do not feel obligated to provide an example for every single chapter.
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 * Please note that the templates for each disc are works in progress and as such are very flexible. The chapters, strategies, and examples may be changed.