Episode #93
A Heart-Mind-Action Approach to PYPx at ARIS
This episode addresses topics of mental health and suicide at a level that is age-appropriate for Year 6 (Gr 5) Guiding Question: What changes when we take a Heart-Mind-Action approach to learning for PYPx, creating opportunities for students to connect with an issue that they care about, design compelling inquiry questions that guide their research, and go beyond awareness to empower students to take action and have a positive impact in their community. Key Takeaways: Talking about and engaging with mental health at an age-appropriate level for younger students When we engage with topics that we care about, the learning doesn’t stop at exhibition Student lead actions: Our students can have a positive impact on the mental health in our school community. If you have enjoyed this podcast please take a moment to subscribe, and also we’d appreciate it if you could please leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. The way the algorithm works, this helps our podcast reach more listeners. Thanks from IC for your support. Check out the conference website Inspire Citizens Student Leader Micro-Credential Learn more about how Inspire Citizens co-designs customized student leadership and changemakers programs Connect with more stories from the Inspire Citizens network in our vignettes Access free resources for global citizenship education Share on social media using #EmpathytoImpact Episode Summary On this episode of Empathy to Impact, host Scott Jamieson meets up with a group of Year 6 students at Al-Rayan International Schoo l in Accra, Ghana. Sedra, Hiyan, Arham, Arnav and Qingke (Coco) take time at the very end of their school year to join me for a conversation and reflect on their experience at this year’s PYP exhibition. What sets these students apart is not just that they did such a fantastic job with their exhibition projects, but that they chose to explore the challenging topics of mental health, depression, and suicide. The amazing educators at the school have combined elements from Kath Murdoch’s inquiry cycle with the Empathy to Impart framework developed by Inspire Citizens to create their own Heart-Mind-Action approach that guides teaching and learning across the PYP and has become part of the DNA at their school. Discover a transformative podcast on education and learning from a student perspective and student voice, exploring media, media literacy, and media production to inspire citizens in schools through a media lab focused on 21st-century learning, empathy to impact, Global citizenship, collaboration, systems thinking, service learning, PBL, CAS, MYP, PYP, DP, Service as Action, futures thinking, project-based learning, sustainability, well-being, harmony with nature, community engagement, experiential learning, and the role of teachers and teaching in fostering well-being and a better future.
