{"id":1807,"date":"2017-02-16T05:58:08","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T05:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibpsych.themantic-education.com\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2017-02-16T05:58:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T05:58:08","slug":"what-is-the-themantic-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2017\/02\/16\/what-is-the-themantic-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the themantic approach?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is the themantic approach?<\/h1>\n

The traditional and by far the most common way of teaching IB Psychology is to teach it in a linear way,., i.e. teach each approach (level of analysis) and the options topics separately. So, for instance, the course begins\u00a0with Research Methods, then moves into the BLA (or approaches, as they’re now called), the CLA. And in the second year perhaps the options and the SCLA are completed. Each learning outcome is addressed separately, with perhaps some overlap.<\/p>\n

A themantic approach to structuring the course still addresses the same learning outcomes (topics), it’s just they’re grouped together from all parts of the course. So, for instance, you might teaching one unit that combines outcomes from\u00a0Development Psychology with BLA, CLA, and SCLA outcomes.<\/p>\n

Here are some potential unit titles to give you an example:<\/p>\n