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Guide to Creativity, Activity, Service in the DP

We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.

John Hope Franklin

As a DP educator, an important part of your role is to inspire your students to honour their strengths, take risks, and move out of their comfort zones. The IBDP CAS programme – Creativity, Activity, and Service – gives you the opportunity to create a space for students to build on their existing talents and explore others as they pursue the seven learning outcomes.

This guide has been designed to help you get insights into how the CAS programme is valuable for students and gain a thorough understanding of its requirements. As a coordinator, you will also discover actionable strategies to develop a programme that is challenging, enjoyable, and leads your students to a journey of self-discovery.

Please note:

We designed this guide to be navigated sequentially. That being said, this is your inquiry so feel free to jump around to the sections you find most relevant to your context.

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Guide to Theory of Knowledge in the DP

Imagine you’re in a dark room and you can’t see a thing. You only have a flashlight to guide you, so you turn it on and point it straight ahead of you. The light falls as a perfect circle on the wall where you see a painting. If that is the only thing that you see, does it mean that there’s nothing else in that room? Move the flashlight around and you’ll be surprised to see that the room has tons of other stuff, maybe other paintings, and some furniture. Think of the TOK course as a tool to help you move your flashlight! In a world where we are limited to echo chambers and bubbles, the TOK curriculum is a refreshing take on critical thinking while answering a simple question- how do we know what we know?

This guide has been designed to help you get insights into how the TOK is valuable for students, and gain a thorough understanding of its structure and assessment. As a coordinator, you will also gain insights into different ways to support your teaching teams and students on their TOK journeys.

Please note:

We designed this guide to be navigated sequentially. That being said, this is your inquiry so feel free to jump around to the sections you find most relevant to your context.

Who is this for and what’s inside?

Guide to the Extended Essay in the DP

The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it, explore it, poke at it, question it, and turn it inside out.

Albert Einstein

Research opens pathways to worlds not yet explored. At its foundation, research is about curiosity; asking a question, and going in search of the answer. Sparking this curiosity is the way we as educators light up students’ interest and motivation for their extended essays (EE).

As an in-depth, independent investigation into a topic of their choice, the EE is a crucial step toward students’ preparation for undergraduate studies. This guide has been designed to help you get insights into how the EE is valuable for students, and gain a thorough understanding of its structure and assessment. As a coordinator, you will also gain insights into different ways to support supervisors and students on the EE journey.

Please note:

We designed this guide to be navigated sequentially. That being said, this is your inquiry so feel free to jump around to the sections you find most relevant to your context.

Who is this for and what’s inside?