Designing Learning for Transfer of Learning: Focusing on the IB MYP

Abstract

The goal of education can be said to be the cultivation of ‘competence’. This is because ‘competence’, the ability to solve problems by transferring the results of learning, is required to dynamically cope with the uncertain and variable future society. Setting the goal of education as the development of competence reflects the shift in perception that education should be able to contribute to the sustainable development of mankind in the future society. Cultivation of competence begins with transferring the results of learning to real life. Curriculum around the world places learning for transfer in the direction of instruction and assessment. Among them, the IB MYP provides an empirical learning framework to transfer learning to life. This learning framework includes learning contents such as knowledge, skills, valuesㆍattitudes, the context in which learning should be transferred, and a circular teachingㆍlearning model for developing competencies. The 2022 revised Korean national curriculum also aims to transfer learning and develop competency, the learning framework of the IB MYP can provide an example of developing a learning model for the settlement of the 2022 revised curriculum. In this paper, I draw implications for the settlement of the 2022 revised curriculum by examining the learning design process for transferring learning using the IB MYP framework.