The Reflective Project is an in-depth body of work produced over an extended period and submitted towards the end of the CP. It is the product of the student’s own initiative and is designed to draw together the student’s DP courses, the other three components of the CP Core and the student’s career-related studies. Through the reflective project students identify, analyse, discuss and evaluate an ethical dilemma associated with an issue from their career-related studies. This work encourages students to engage in personal inquiry, intellectual discovery, creativity, action and reflection, and to develop strong thinking, research and communications skills.
The Reflective Project can be submitted in different formats including, but not limited to, an essay, website, electronic presentation, short play or film, or storyboard. However, the following features must be included and are assessed:
The school ensures that each student receives direct supervision, guidance and oversight from a qualified person in the school. Students are expected to devote a minimum of 40 hours to the Reflective Project. The school assesses all students’ reflective projects using the assessment criteria set by the IB. The IB selects a sample to be moderated by external examiners. The maximum possible score is 30 and the IB awards a scaled grade as follows: 26–30 A; 21–25 B; 16–20 C; 10–15 D; 0–9 E.
Any student receiving a grade of ‘E’ cannot be awarded the CP Certificate.
YOUTUBE PLAYLIST of EXAMPLES ... please remember these ARE NOT examples from the IBO - we don't have examiners comments OR overall grade for any of them ... they are only an example of work that has been produced in other schools. I will update the site with examples from the IBO as soon as I can!
Getting Started ... TOPIC SELECTION
Step 1: Select an issue related to your IBCP path
Step 2: Formulate a non-ethical question that simply asks you to describe what you know
Step 3: Redraft your question so that it just asks for one solution to the problem or issue.
Step 4: Try to think of the ethical dilemma associated with the issue and open up the question so it leads to multiple answers.
Step 5: Now focus on the ethical dilemma and enlarge it so that the question now goes far beyond the limits of the original observation.
Your question should have more than one right answer and require the use of argument.
• Examine the ethical dimension associated with the issue. Consider more than one view or one side of the ethical issue.
• Remember, that it is the ethical dimension of the issue, and not the issue itself, which is the primary focus of the reflective project!
• Develop a personal and relevant evaluation of the ethical dimension of the issue
(taken from https://sites.google.com/site/skylinehighschoolib/ibcc/reflective-project)
The Reflective Project can be submitted in different formats including, but not limited to, an essay, website, electronic presentation, short play or film, or storyboard. However, the following features must be included and are assessed:
- An explanation showing knowledge and understanding of the issue and its context
- Awareness of the ethical dimension of the issue and its impact on the community
- Research that supports differing viewpoints and critical evaluation of those viewpoints
- Reflection
- Articulation of the student’s own evidence-based viewpoint
- Supporting evidence from a variety of sources including proper references, citations and bibliography
- The effective use of language
- Formal presentation of the work.
The school ensures that each student receives direct supervision, guidance and oversight from a qualified person in the school. Students are expected to devote a minimum of 40 hours to the Reflective Project. The school assesses all students’ reflective projects using the assessment criteria set by the IB. The IB selects a sample to be moderated by external examiners. The maximum possible score is 30 and the IB awards a scaled grade as follows: 26–30 A; 21–25 B; 16–20 C; 10–15 D; 0–9 E.
Any student receiving a grade of ‘E’ cannot be awarded the CP Certificate.
YOUTUBE PLAYLIST of EXAMPLES ... please remember these ARE NOT examples from the IBO - we don't have examiners comments OR overall grade for any of them ... they are only an example of work that has been produced in other schools. I will update the site with examples from the IBO as soon as I can!
Getting Started ... TOPIC SELECTION
Step 1: Select an issue related to your IBCP path
Step 2: Formulate a non-ethical question that simply asks you to describe what you know
Step 3: Redraft your question so that it just asks for one solution to the problem or issue.
Step 4: Try to think of the ethical dilemma associated with the issue and open up the question so it leads to multiple answers.
Step 5: Now focus on the ethical dilemma and enlarge it so that the question now goes far beyond the limits of the original observation.
Your question should have more than one right answer and require the use of argument.
• Examine the ethical dimension associated with the issue. Consider more than one view or one side of the ethical issue.
• Remember, that it is the ethical dimension of the issue, and not the issue itself, which is the primary focus of the reflective project!
• Develop a personal and relevant evaluation of the ethical dimension of the issue
(taken from https://sites.google.com/site/skylinehighschoolib/ibcc/reflective-project)
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