Abstract: The following research paper will investigate the importance of the International Primary Years Curriculum (IPC) and the added benefits for schools to consider within an International School setting. The standard norm in most International Schools is to serve a community of students coming from around the globe with different cultural backgrounds, religious views or beliefs, and attitudes. It is important to teach learners the importance of tolerance and understanding with a focus on respect for people of other cultures. The music curriculum is diverse as you have certain assessment criteria’s that have to be met for each lesson. Understanding the Entry point, Knowledge of Harvest the Bigger Picture, Research, and Recording Activities and celebrating the success of learning and inquiry with the entry point is imperative. Educational systems are constantly evolving and fundamental to the IPC approach to learning is a clear progression in skill development. This even applies to the personal learning goals, which emphasize adaptability, resilience, cooperation, and respect and which, as a result of progressive skill development, help children to become able and inspired learners. International-mindedness is embedded in all IPC learning to ensure that children grow up with a very clear global understanding. No one can properly predict the nature of work that will be available for today's primary age children by the time he or she are adults. Many of the jobs they will have simply don't yet exist, especially in the fields of ICT, technology, and science. So the principle of the IPC is to focus on personal, academic and international learning that will prepare children, wherever they may live, for the world of tomorrow. The researcher explores this further with a specific case study from Mexico where teachers share their ideas and perceptions around IPC. The concluding results reveal the need for Fieldwork Education back in England to make provision for English as Additional Language (EAL) or English as a Second Language (ESL) and differentiating for them in the one hundred and thirty units that are readily available for teachers to download and use within International Schools. The overall impression by most international teachers agreed that IPC allowed learners to develop their critically and analytical skills and offered a variety of cross-curricular activities for learners to explore.
Keywords: Assessment Criteria, Case study, Entry Point, International Primary Curriculum (IPC), Knowledge of Harvest, The Bigger Picture, Mexico, Music education, Research activities & Recording activities.
Title: The IPC (International Primary Years Curriculum) and relevance to music education from an International Setting - A South African perspective
Author: Mario Maxwell Müller
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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