Room: Huron
presented by Hannah C. Tyson, English Instructor, Senior IB Examiner, UWC-USA
Naomi Swinton, Coordinator, Constructive Engagement of Conflict, Bartos Institute, UWC-USA
Anne Farrell, Teacher, IB Group 2 English, UWC-USA
The panelists will demonstrate ways in which diploma students can more fully integrate various areas of the hexagon: academic pursuits, CAS and TOK. Anne Farrell will report on her advanced UWC course, "The Articulate Mammal", in which students explore psycholinguistics, second-language learning and research on the Great Apes as it relates to language and philosophy. These students then design language lessons and tutor peers. Naomi Swinton and Hannah Tyson will discuss their work with "Social Change and Information Technology," another UWC course in which students examine and apply social change applications of technology in a year-long project on border and immigration issues. In both courses, CAS and TOK connections are foregrounded and integrated.
Hannah C. Tyson, English Instructor, Senior IB Examiner, UWC-USA
Hannah Tyson teaches at UWC-USA, and is the convener of a committee designed to explore the ways the IB can most fruitfully serve the United World College mission of international peace and social activism. The committee developed several "advanced UWC courses" combining study and social activism. Dr Tyson has worked for the IB as an examiner for over 20 years in English A1 and text and performance. She has been Chief and Deputy Chief Examiner. She is now a member of the Senior Examining Team, a member of the syllabus revision working party and is the English A1 Online Curriculum Centre faculty member. She has given workshops in several IB regions, has been offering the Level 3 workshop, "Focus on Literature," for many years and has also taught theory of knowledge.
Naomi Swinton, Coordinator, Constructive Engagement of Conflict, Bartos Institute, UWC-USA
Naomi Swinton is the Coordinator of the Constructive Engagement of Conflict program at UWC-USA. She has worked nationally as a community organizer and nonprofit consultant, and designed and implemented curricula for campus and community service organizations. Naomi received her IB diploma at UWC-USA and went on to her B.A. at the University of Chicago and also received her MFA at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. She is currently working to assess and improve community outcomes resulting from the IB CAS requirements, and to create innovative campus-community partnerships designed to leverage social change opportunities.
Anne Farrell, Teacher, IB Group 2 English, UWC-USA
Anne Farrell has taught IB Diploma Programme group two English since 1988. She is a Team Leader and Assistant Examiner for English A2. Educated in the United Kingdom, Anne has a B.A. in English Literature, an M.A. in Applied Linguistics, and a post-graduate certificate in Secondary Education. She has taught in high schools in England and Jamaica, and for several years taught English as a Foreign Language to diplomats at NATO headquarters in Belgium. She is also an IB North America workshop leader. Her particular interest is in cross-cultural communication.
