Day 1

09/07/2012 (My Personal Notes)

IB History workshop, Category 2, July 2012. Auckland.
Key issues we’ll discuss during this workshop:
Marking, exchange ideas, using criteria, IA

Don’t count too much on the doubling up in P1, P2 and P3, you need to really have a spread of topics so that students are covered for everything. You may get a false sense of confidence if you rely on doubling up too much. G2 form allows you to give that sort of feedback to IBO.
It seems to be getting harder to get a 7 in History, this is a real issue for teachers and students who may both lose confidence. 68% as a grade boundary. No essay seems to be getting more that 16 marks.
Internal Assessment: Make the question evaluative, to what extent.
History is no a one answer subject, ever changing perspectives, continual developments, historiography. Global World.

After tea break session:

Teacher should aim to deliver a holistic education, include TOK. What is History? Create different perspectives (Note: Any examples?) i.e. Moroccan Crisis radio program seen from different countries’ perspectives. Or use the Japanese History book, look at how they interpret History (Get that PDF from Beate?).
Look at leaders through the Learner Profile. (i.e. Was Napoleon a risk taker?)
How does it fit with TOK?
Students should take ownership of own learning.
There is just written assessment, why? Oral would be good too.
Values in teaching: Inquiry, Cooperation, International Mindedness,
Suggestion: Speak and Response cards. I did a quick search: http://www.ehow.com/info_7933461_effects-response-cards-classroom.html seems interesting, must look more in to it.