Exploring International Mindedness Beyond Flags and Food

Audience: Primary Years Programme
Audience: Middle Years Programme
Audience: Diploma Programme
Audience: Research
Audience: General Interest
Session: Block 5: Saturday 2:00 to 3:15, Room: Marina Room

In recent years, considerable energy has been devoted by IB to developing both an understanding of and a classroom approach to fostering international mindedness in IB students, a central component across the continuum of IB programmes. In this session participants will be invited to reflect on what international mindedness might mean and to consider what types of activities a school community can undertake to foster the growth of international mindedness. In the course of this exploration, participants will be invited to share their ideas and concerns on a particular issue that highlights both the challenge and the need for international mindedness.


Steve Hreha, Diploma Programme Coordinator; Teacher, Champlain Regional College, St. Lambert Campus

Steve Hreha has a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Concordia University. He began his teaching career in 1974; in 1991, he became the Theory of Knowledge and Philosophy teacher in the Diploma Programme at Champlain Regional College. He has lead TOK workshops across North America and is both a consultant and site visitor for prospective schools in Canada and the US. Mr Hreha is also a coach with WIDE, a distance education program run by Harvard University, the Community Representative on the Adult Clinical Ethics Committee of the McGill University Hospital Center, and received the Association of Canadian Community Colleges Teaching Excellence Award in 1996.