DECADE 2020

Last year I posted on the impact of connecting a school's mission with the IB's Extended Essay (see: Decade2020.com - The IB Diploma and a School's Mission: How to Closely Join the Extended Essay to a School's Priorities (While Building a Culture of Literacy). In it I argued that an extraordinary opportunity exists for IBD schools to provide students with options to choose topics that reflect a school's mission, beliefs, and values, thus connecting the essay to a school's pedagogical goals and ideological spirit... Now I'd like to revisit that idea, but this time tying it to the Senior Capstone Project, a program that's becoming increasingly popular in the U.S. and is beginning to pick up steam overseas. To my mind this project, when properly executed, connects to more than just a school's vision. It also highlights the role..... Decade 2020 | Decade 2020: An Exploration of Transformative Education at the Start of a New Decade