International Baccalaureate Program

TRANSDISCIPLINARY SKILLS

What Skills Do We Want Students To Be Able To Do?
The construction of meaning and, therefore, understanding is complemented by the students’ acquiring and applying a range of skills. The five transdisciplinary skills acquired in the process of structured inquiry are thinking, communication, social, research and self-management.

Transdisciplinary Skills:

Social Skills:
Accepting responsibility
Respecting others
Cooperating
Resolving conflicts
Group decision- making
Adopting a variety of group roles

Communication Skills:
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Non-verbal communication

Thinking Skills:
Acquisition of knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation
Metacognition