Austin Elementary

IB PYP Framework

The pillars of the PYP curriculum framework

The transdisciplinary model extends across all three pillars of the PYP curriculum framework which include the learner, learning and teaching, and the learning community.  

• The learner: describes the outcomes for individual students and the outcomes they seek for themselves (what is learning?)

• Learning and teaching: articulates the distinctive features of learning and teaching (how best to support learners?)

• The learning community: emphasizes the importance of the social outcomes of learning and the role that IB communities play in achieving these outcomes (who facilitates learning and teaching?)