Character Education

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Education in values is considered too abstract for students; theoretical and difficult concepts that often remain in the good intentions of the educational team, but which in general, have little influence into the student, precisely for its abstraction.

However, for many years, especially in the centennial Universities of the United Kingdom, character education has definitive effects on students.

Also in the USA, the well-known chain of KIPP schools, with unprecedented success rates wherever they are located, whether in well-off or disadvantaged areas, insist on character education as indispensable:

"Work hard. Be nice", summarize the huge posters that decorate their walls.

In that same country, Angela Duckworth, a neurobiologist with
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Behind this goal, the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programs of international education and rigorous assessment.

These programs encourage students from all over the world to adopt an active learning attitude throughout their lives, to be compassionate and understand that other people, with their differences, may also be right.

IB Education. The international program consists of 4 programs that encourage students to achieve their challenges both professionally and personally.

IB fosters students to have an international mindset and thinking beyond their immediate environment. Through IB programs students "learn to learn".

What is IB education?

More than 4,000 schools around the world have chosen to teach the International Baccalaureate (IB) programs because of their academic rigor, dedication and personal development of the students.

What differentiates the
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There are 6 transdisciplinary topics of global importance, students deepen their learning through knowledge development, which allows them to reinforce their knowledge and skills in all disciplinary areas and beyond them.

What are the advantages of the PYP?

The PYP is a transformative experience for students, teachers and school communities as a whole. Teachers collaborate to deepen the learning and increase self-motivation and self-confidence. Finally, it is considered that members of the entire school community, including parents, can collaborate in learning and actively contribute to a holistic educational experience. ESO. The IB Middle Years Program (MYP) is for students from 11 to 16 years old. It is a rigorous academic framework to establish practical connections between the studies and the real world. It is a five-year program. After this training, students are qualified to take the International Baccalaureate if they wish.

(ESO Program) The MYP Curriculum

The curricular framework of the MYP consists of eight groups of subjects that offer a broad and balanced education to students during the first years of

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