Keys to Success: The new Extended Essay in DP Language A (first exams M27)
Fri 26 Sept
|InThinking Virtual Event
Time & Location
26 Sept 2025, 14:00 – 17:15 CEST
InThinking Virtual Event
About the event
Facilitator: Kate Beatty
Length: 3 hours over 1 day
This Think-In for DP Language A teachers focuses on the new Extended Essay (first teaching 2025). The training is designed for those interested in finding out about all the changes to the new EE guide (first assessment 2027). The Think-In will cover advice on practical strategies to manage the EE process and to successfully guide and supervise students.
Session 1 Unpacking the new EE guide step by step - What's in, What's out, and What's changed? Formulating good EE research questions in DP Language A. Understanding the new assessment criteria. Subject-specific advice. Managing the EE process effectively, Advice on effective citation and referencing in the new EE.
Session 2 Effective strategies for the new reflection sessions and drop-in meetings. Essential skills for success. Marking exercise (time pending). Writing evaluative and substantiated conclusions. Essay Writing frameworks. The new interdisciplinary EE. Resource sharing.…