IB Unplugged
IB Unplugged
Podcast Description
Welcome to IB Unplugged, a Kognity podcast for IB DP educators that tackles your submitted challenges and questions by connecting you with experts and peers who share their ideas and stories from real classrooms. Whether you’re a seasoned educator or new to the IB world, each biweekly episode and guest aims to equip you with practical tips and positive inspiration – helping you teach with more confidence, creativity, and joy. So whether you’re walking your dog or commuting to school, hit play and join a community of educators ready to learn, laugh, and thrive in your IB journey.
If you have a topic or question you’d love for us to explore, submit your ideas and help shape the conversation at www.kognity.com/ibunplugged. Here you can also find episode summaries and additional resources.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on key educational topics such as the Approaches to Learning framework, the Theory of Knowledge, and culturally responsive teaching practices. For instance, episodes feature discussions on fostering student agency and resilience, integrating TOK into curriculum, and ethical considerations in emerging AI systems, providing a wide range of insights for various classroom contexts.
Welcome to IB Unplugged, a Kognity podcast for IB DP educators that tackles your submitted challenges and questions by connecting you with experts and peers who share their ideas and stories from real classrooms. Whether you’re a seasoned educator or new to the IB world, each biweekly episode and guest aims to equip you with practical tips and positive inspiration – helping you teach with more confidence, creativity, and joy. So whether you’re walking your dog or commuting to school, hit play and join a community of educators ready to learn, laugh, and thrive in your IB journey.
This is a Kognity podcast hosted by Courtney Marline and John Patton. This podcast is produced by Katilina Gaffney and edited by Damir Zvekanov.
What happens when the world a curriculum was designed for changes faster than the curriculum itself has?
The IB Diploma Programme has earned its reputation for rigor. But the challenges today’s students will inherit — a warming planet, the next pandemic, AI reshaping work — don’t arrive sorted by subject. So how do you keep that rigor and make learning more relevant to the world students are heading into? We sit down with Naheed Bardai — principal of UWC Atlantic College in Wales and one of the founding architects of the Systems Transformation Pathway — to unpack the IB’s new transdisciplinary course: how it was designed, what two years of piloting have taught, and what schools can start doing now.
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