The IB Middle Years Programme
Curriculum
The content for each subject in our IB Middle Years Program (MYP) comes from the Japanese national curriculum and students are expected to master the skills and concepts of this curriculum. Teachers use the instructional framework of the MYP to help students see the interrelated nature of the various subject disciplines and how this knowledge can be applied to real world situations.| Gyoshu Junior High School | Gyoshu Senior High School | ||
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| Grade 7 (Curriculum Overview) |
Grade 8 (Curriculum Overview) |
Grade 9 (Curriculum Overview) |
Grade 10 (Curriculum Overview) |
| MYP Language and Literature Japanese | MYP Language A Japanese |
MYP Language A Japanese |
MYP Language A Japanese |
| MYP Language and Literature English | MYP Language A English |
MYP Language A English |
MYP Language A English |
| MYP Geography | MYP Geography | MYP Economics | MYP Humanities |
| MYP History | MYP History | MYP Civics and Politics |
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| MYP Science | MYP Science | MYP Science | MYP Science |
| MYP Mathematics | MYP Mathematics | MYP Mathematics | MYP Mathematics |
| MYP Arts | MYP Arts | MYP Arts | MYP Arts |
| MYP Design | MYP Design | MYP Design | MYP Design |
MYP Physical and Health Education |
MYP Physical and Health Education |
MYP Physical and Health Education |
MYP Physical and Health Education |
| Homeroom | Homeroom | Homeroom | Homeroom |
| Math Review | |||
| Science Review | Science Review | Science Review | |
| Geography Review | Geography Review | Economics Review | |
| Moral Education | Moral Education | Moral Education | |
| Music | Music | Music | |
| Service as Action | Service as Action | Service as Action | Service as Action |
| Personal Project | |||
| (English: 55%) | (English: 45%) | (English: 45%) | (English: 75%) |
Students in the Bilingual Course learn through active inquiry and engage in research to investigate questions they identify during their course of study. They identify a problem, collect information, analyze the information, critically evaluate the information, and present their findings. Bilingual classes are interactive environments in which students collaborate in groups and pairs to share ideas and opinions. The added benefit for students in the Bilingual Course is that they are able to develop increasing levels of English proficiency as they acquire the skills and concepts of the national curriculum.
Each unit of work is carefully planned by the subject teacher or by a team of teachers working in collaboration. Teachers are guided by a common planning document stipulated by the MYP to help organize their instruction. Teachers in our program use a customized web-based curriculum management tool called the Atlas Rubicon where they record their units of study.
