Community and Personal Projects
PP_WorkBook_2017/18 – guide for students
Personal project topics 2017/2018
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The Personal project holds a very important place in the MYP programme. It is a product of student’s own initiative and should reflect his/her own experience of MYP as well as her/his involvement with the five areas of interaction. It provides an excellent opportunity for students to show their talent, enthusiasm and creativity in the areas of their choice and demonstrate the skills they have developed in Approaches to Learning.
The personal project must not be bound by any specific subject and it should not affect the students‘ personal and social life in a negative way. It is normally completed during the MYP 5 year over an extended period of time.
The Personal project may take limitless forms, for example:
- An original work of art (visual, drama, or performance)
- A written piece of work on a chosen topic
- A piece of literary fiction (that is, creative writing)
- An original science experiment
- An invention or specially designed object or system
- The presentation of a developed business, management, or organisational plan, a special event, or a development of a new student or community organisation
The student will reflect on the entire process from start to finish under the guidance of a supervisor from the school teaching staff. All students will present their projects at the Personal Project Fair with all teachers, parents and younger students.
PP essay samples
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MYP Community project are student-centred and age-appropriate, and they enable students to engage
in practical explorations through a cycle of inquiry, action and reflection.
MYP projects help students to develop the attributes of the IB learner profile; provide students with an essential opportunity to demonstrate ATL skills developed through the MYP; and foster the development of independent, lifelong learners.
The community project focuses on community and service, encouraging students to explore their right and responsibility to implement service as action in the community. The community project gives students an opportunity to develop awareness of needs in various communities and address those needs through service learning. As a consolidation of learning, the community project engages in a sustained,
in-depth inquiry leading to service as action in the community.
The community project emphasizes experiential learning, which is developed further in community and service in both the IBCC and DP. Through MYP projects, students experience the responsibility of completing a significant piece of work over an extended period of time, as well as the need to reflect on their learning and the outcomes of their work skills that prepare students for success in further study, the workplace and the community.
