Learner+Profile

“The IB has incorporated the learner profile into all three programmes so that it is the common ground on which all IB World Schools stand, and contains the essence of what they, and the three programmes, are all about.” ( // IB learner profile booklet //, 2006: 1)

=IB learner profile= The IB learner profile is the IB [|mission statement] translated into a set of learning outcomes for the 21st century. The learner profile provides a long-term vision of education. It is a set of ideals that can inspire, motivate and focus the work of schools and teachers, uniting them in a common purpose.

How was the learner profile developed?
The attributes and descriptors of the learner profile define the type of learner the IB hopes to develop through its programmes. It originated in the Primary Years Programme (PYP), where it was called the “PYP student profile”, but practitioners from all three programmes identified it as a set of qualities that could also enhance learning in the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP). It is now called the “IB learner profile” to make it applicable to all students and adults involved in the implementation of IB programmes, that is, the IB community of learners. The IB mission statement and learner profile now introduce all IB programme publications.

IB learners strive to be:

 * inquirers
 * knowledgeable
 * thinkers
 * communicators
 * principled
 * open-minded
 * caring
 * risk-takers
 * balanced
 * reflective.