IB Learner Profile Attributes
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Year One Teaching Team: Open-Minded
This week, our Year One Teaching Team share with us how they represent the learner profile attribute Open-Minded.
In Year One, we were open-minded to working with new people and teaching our new classes.
In Year One, we were open-minded to working with new people and teaching our new classes.
We are open-minded when we:
- Show that we are willing to consider new ideas
- Try new things
- Use flexible thinking and a growth mindset
- Listen to others
- Respect each other's opinions and ideas
- Have our thinking challenged
- Believe that everyone has a right to share their beliefs and thoughts
- Are willing to admit what we don’t know
- Are empathetic and see someone else’s perspectives
Ways our team have recently been open-minded:
- Jemma Strbac Low - I’m open-minded when I work with new people and listen to their ideas in my improvisation class.
- Carole Upton - I am open-minded when I use new techniques and colour combinations in my glass fusing class to create my designs.
- Sarah Groves - I am open-minded when I try new things! I was gifted with a book that isn’t my usual taste in genre but I gave it a try and now I can’t put it down!
- Nicola Veneris - I am open-minded when I take on feedback and new ideas about something that I have cooked.
- Emma Gallagher - I am open-minded when I meet with my friends and talk about our opinions and ideas in our book club! They challenge my thinking and give me new perspectives to think about.
Student quotes:
- Raynen (1EG) - I am open-minded when I learn new things at school.
- Kate (1EG) - I am open-minded when I share my ideas and listen to others' ideas which are different to mine.
- Harry (1EG) - I am open-minded when I listen to other people.
- Charlie S (1JS) - I am open-minded when I try new things in maths.
- Van (1JS) - I was shy when I first started footy, but now I know people and I enjoy it.
- Remy (1NV) - I am open-minded when I started soccer training, I listened to my coach when he was teaching us things.
- Ria (1NV)- I am open-minded when I am brave and try new things.
- Heath (1NV) - I am open-minded by being respectful to my friends when they share their ideas.
- Evie (1GU) - I am open-minded when I learn how to do a handstand.
- George (1GU) - I am open-minded when I focus on shapes to do my best drawings.
Watch out over the coming weeks for different teams showing you how they represent the learner profile attributes!
