Foundations of Knowledge-Essential Studies 知识基础-核心问题探究

This is a course of General Knowledge which helps students to reflect the knowledge that they have learned in different subjects, and this is also a bridging course to prepare students for the core course-Theory of Knowledge(TOK) in IBDP. It aims to encourage students to develop independent and critical thinking, intercultural understanding and open-mindedness.

It will focus on different areas of knowledge to encourage students to be inquirers through presentations, class discussions, debates and projects etc.

这是一门知识通论课程，鼓励学生反思所学各科知识，为了衔接国际文凭大学预科项目的一门核心课程：认识论。通过本课程学习，培养学生独立思考和批判思维的能力、发展多元文化理解和开放的情怀。

本课程将围绕不同的知识领域，鼓励学生通过口头表达、班级讨论、辩论和专题作业等 形式展开探究。

Mini Extended Essay 微型专题论文

The IBDP’s core compulsory component, the Extended Essay (EE) is a rigorous piece of independent research undertaken by the students in preparation for university studies. It allows students to explore an area of personal interest and build self-discipline, research skills, critical thinking as well as presentation skills. Students can choose from any of the subjects they are studying, though they are strongly encouraged to do the EE on a Higher Level (HL) subject. A relevant subject teacher will be allocated to each of them as a supervisor, but students will have to come up with the research questions, schedule of work, and do the secondary reading on their own. There will be a chance for students to simulate the necessary process in a Mini-EE Week in their pre-IB grade ten year, in which they will only be required to submit a report half the word count of the 4000-word actual EE. At university application interviews, talking about their investigations and discoveries in their EE can also stand the students in good stead.

作为国际文凭大学预科项目的一门核心必修课程，专题论文是为学生预备大学学习前的一项严格的独立研究工作。它让学生去探索一个自己感兴趣的领域，培养自律、研究技能、批判性思维和演讲技能。学生可以选择他们所学的任一学科，尽管他们被鼓励去选择一门高水平科目来写专题论文。每名学生会有一位相关的学科老师督导其研究进程，但是学生需要自己提出研究问题、制定研究进度和阅读研究资料。在10年级预备班，我们会举办一个“微型专题论文周”，旨在给学生提供一个机会去模拟专题论文的写作过程，期间，学生只要递交一篇正式论文（英文不超过4000词/中文不超过4800字）一半篇幅的报告。在大学申请面试时，论及学生在专题论文中的调查发现也对学生更有利。