Approches to Learning
In the IB, approches to learning (ATL) are broken down into 5 skill catagories, and from there in the MYP into 10 developmentally appropriate clusters. The focus of ATL in the MYP is on helping students to develop the self-knowldge and skills they need to be life-long learners: teaching them how to learn. They are used to show students how to learn by developing each of the 5 ATL skill sets. The development of the ATL is done so over the course of the entire MYP. This framework provides common ground from which schools can develop their own ATL planning based on MYP units, student needs, and local circumstances and requirements. ATLs are interconnected and often overlap and teachers can use these clusters to plan units to engage students and get them to develop transferable understanding in regards to relevent content knowledge. (MYP: Principles to practice, 2014)