Interdisciplinary Units

One of the fundamental concepts of the MYP is Holistic Learning. The focus of holistic learning is the discovery of relationships between areas of knowledge, between the individual, communities and the world. MYP requires schools to organize learning for students to become increasingly aware of the connections between subjects, and between subject content and the real world. The fundamental concept of holistic learning has led to the curriculum model of the MYP, providing five central elements, the Areas of Interaction, to which all disciplines contribute subject knowledge, conceptual understanding and skills. As students realize that most real-world issues require insights gained from a variety of disciplines, they are encouraged to draw on the many different approaches to acquiring knowledge.

The Interdisciplinary Units for the academic year 2010-11 are as follows: