A concept-based model is used in the MYP because it encourages students to:
• Process factual knowledge at a deeper intellectual level as they relate the facts to concepts and essential conceptual understandings.
• Create personal relevance, as students relate new knowledge to prior knowledge, and encourage understanding of cultures and environments across global contexts through the transfer of knowledge
• Bring their personal intellect to the study as they use a key concept to personally focus on the unit topic in order to increase motivation for learning
• Increase fluency with language as students use factual information to explain and support their deeper conceptual understanding
• Achieve higher levels of critical, creative and conceptual thinking as students analyse complex global challenges and create greater subject depth through the study of discipline- specific related concepts
