Identity is shaped and continuously reshaped through values, relationships, belief systems, and choices made within social, cultural, and environmental contexts.
WHO WE ARE – Identities and Relationships
Age Group: MYP 5
Duration: 3 Nights / 4 Days
Venue: Hassan • Shravanabelagola • Belur • Baba Budangiri • Sakleshpur
Learning Style: Experiential • Inquiry-driven • Reflective • Collaborative
Includes: Pre-Tour Learning • On-Tour Experiences • Post-Tour Reflection
This experiential learning programme enables MYP 5 students to critically examine the construction of identity through values, relationships, belief systems, ethical decision-making, leadership experiences, and interactions with natural and cultural environments.
Through structured observation, analytical discussion, reflective inquiry, and collaborative challenges, students investigate how cultural heritage, spiritual philosophies, community practices, leadership situations, and environmental responsibility influence individual identity and group dynamics. Learning is grounded in authentic contexts that promote ethical reasoning, empathy, collaboration, and responsible action.
Students develop:
• Thinking Skills: Ethical analysis, evaluation of choices, perspective comparison, reflective reasoning
• Communication Skills: Structured discussion, interpretation, reflective articulation
• Social Skills: Collaboration, leadership, conflict awareness, relationship management
• Self-Management Skills: Responsibility, resilience, adaptability, self-regulation
Students will:
• Analyse how values, belief systems, and experiences influence identity, behaviour, and leadership
• Evaluate the role of relationships, responsibility, and ethical decision-making within communities
• Investigate how individuals and groups respond to social and environmental challenges
• Reflect on personal strengths, limitations, and responsibilities within collaborative contexts
Students will be able to:
• Demonstrate informed self-awareness and empathy towards diverse perspectives
• Explain and evaluate how values influence choices, behaviour, and leadership
• Collaborate effectively while managing roles, responsibilities, and group dynamics
• Reflect critically on leadership, responsibility, and ethical decision-making
• Communicate understanding through discussion, analytical reflection, and journaling