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Apr 2019
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Introducing the IB Programmes: The Prima...

Jon Peterson
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode Kirsten McPherson talks about the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP). Kirsten is the PYP coordinator at Matoska International School, a public school in the White Bear Lake school district near St. Paul, MN. Kirsten explains how the learning for PYP students is conceptual and contextual with examples of how students and teacher ... Show More
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