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The IB has published the new Business Management Subject Guide. This will impact teaching and learning starting this autumn, with first exams in May 2024.

It’s the start of a new school year, and lots of teachers take this opportunity to reassess their classroom space and think about the way they can design it so that it is stimulating and welcoming, without distracting students from learning.

One of the major challenges for teachers and school leaders is how to meet the challenge of the Computing curriculum, especially at Primary and Lower Secondary and provide a rounded, thought provoking and engaging curriculum for students to help prepare them for the world ahead and inspire more to take computing-based courses at Key Stage 4 and beyond.

In the first blog post, Paula Rowlands outlined how a smooth transition between the MYP and DP is supported by a seamless continuity between the components of the written curriculum and a concept-based inquiry approach within the taught curriculum.

As Paula explored in her previous blog post in this series, research clearly identifies a concept-based, challenging, inquiry approach as necessary for deep understanding, an enjoyment of mathematics and improved student progress. But how can it be put into practice in the classroom?

In the second in her series of blogs, Paula Rowlands outlined how a smooth transition between MYP and DP mathematics is supported by having a seamless continuity between the components of the written curriculum and the merits of a whole school continuum plan.

In her first article, Paula Rowlands outlined how a smooth transition between the MYP and DP is supported by having a seamless continuity of mathematics concepts, fostering a sense of curiosity and inquiry throughout the MYP, developing problem-solving, a consistent development of ATL skills, and the integration of the graphic display calculator as a learning aid prior to starting the DP course.

Paula Rowlands has taught International GCSE, A Level, MYP and DP Mathematics since 2007 and is currently the Head of Mathematics at an MYP and DP School in Switzerland. She is a co-author for Pearson’s new Mathematics for the IB Middle Years Programme series and shares in this article her observations on how teachers can support a successful transition from MYP to DP Mathematics.

After the challenges we’ve seen in education over the past year or so, we’ve been speaking to teachers and leading maths experts on how they see the changes to teaching and learning impacting on the future of primary maths.