The IBCC Reflective Project

An Overview

What is the Reflective Project

and why is it important?• The Reflective Project is an opportunity to

demonstrate how you apply IB Learner Profile skills to a project of your own design.

• You will:• Produce an extended piece of work

requiring a minimum of 40 hours of work• Engage in personal inquiry, action and

reflection on a specific ethical issue• Develop critical thinking skills

• The Reflective Project combines your career-related studies and elements of IBCC core

During this project you will:

• Fully investigate an ethical dilemma in your chosen career path and give supporting evidence for both sides of the issue before asserting your own voice making a clear choice for which solution is best.

• Highlight the cultural relevance of your topic on an individual, community, country and global level.

• Reflect on insights gained while researching the issue

• Streamline your communication to make it clear and concise and consistent.

What is Ethics?• Ethics is based on a set of moral principles of

a society or culture that helps to guide behaviors, actions and choices. The ethical dimension refers to the range of ethical aspects related to an identified topic.

What is an Ethical Dilemma?

• An ethical dilemma is a choice between two or more conflicting moral perspectives where none of the choices provides a perfect solution.

How to select an issue

1. Find a real-life situation in the context of your IBCC career path

2. Formulate a non-ethical question that simply describes the issue.

3. Redraft your question so it asks for one solution to the problem or issue.

4. Add an ethical dilemma associated with the issue and open up questions so it leads to multiple answers.

5. Focus on the ethical dilemma and enlarge it so the questions goes beyond the original observation. Your question should have more than one right answer and require the use of an argument.

Research• Read articles from newspapers, magazines,

books and websites to determine significance of issue to formulate a question.

• Plan investigative production / writing.• Identify sources and references.• Set deadlines

• Plan research that logically supports question.

• Carry out research• Access journals, databases, secondary

sources• Do field studies within your community if

possible• Gather material in logical order• Allow for different perspectives

• Collate sources and place in bibliography

Available Formats for your Final Presentation

Format Maximum Length

Essay/dialogue/short play 3,000 words

Short film 10 minutes in length accompanied by a 750- word written report

Radio play/interview 10 minutes in length accompanied by a 1,500 word written report

Web page 5 single images accompanied by 2.500 words of written material

Microsoft Powerpoint presentation 10 single slides accompanied by a 1,500 word written report

Storyboard/photographic presentation 15 single images accompanied by a 1,500 word written report

Scoring Criteria• Imagine your evaluator is a crime scene

investigator• If evidence is not present at the crime scene a

detective will be unable to connect the dots and solve the crime.

• If evidence in your presentation is not fully supported and meeting the highest level of the rubric, the evaluator can not give you credit.

• Make your argument clear• Connect the dots and lead the viewer

through your case with logical support• Hit ALL points from A-J on the rubric

• Points on rubric are from level 0 - 3• 30 possible point• A = 26-30, B = 21-25, C = 16- 20, D =

10-15, E = 0-9

• Look at the level 3 criteria for each point on the rubric

• During the project, ask yourself if what you produced meets level 3 in each component

• Ask yourself if it can possibly fall lower than level 3

• why does it reach that level?• how can it be improved?• Consult your peers, review each others’

work and challenge each other to improve your work!

Preparing for Evaluation

• Clearly state / identify your issue• Place the issue in context• Ensure issue has ethical dilemma

A: The Issue in Context

Know your Rubric from A - J

B: Community Awareness• How is your community impacted by the

issue?• Neighborhood, country ethnic

community?C: Ethical Dimension of Issue• Ability to explore issue using a balanced

approach

D: Cultural Awareness• Awareness of cultural influences on ethical

dimension of the issueE: Reasoning• Evaluate material and think logically

F: Supporting Evidence• Collect and use relevant information from a

variety of sourcesG: Student Voice• Express a personal view on the issue using

a range of relevant evidence H: Reflection• Reflect on insights gained through

exploration of the issue

I: Communication • Effectiveness of the language used in

project and ability to communicate important terms, concepts, ideas and their applicationJ: Presentation

• Organization of the project in terms of coherence and structure.

• Documentation also assessed

Getting Ready• You will be assigned a teacher Mentor for

your project.• He or she will be able to give you limited

guidance• You must be able to set and meet

deadlines• Your entire project will be self-generated,

original and a proof of your mastery of the IBCC

Your Reflective Project Guide

• Gives detailed project requirements• Explains the finer points of of determining

an ethical dilemma• Explains structure, references, formatting

• For example - short film / 750 word essay

• Clarifies research criteria• Detailed assessment• Dimensions on picking a topic• Ethical Guidelines• Checklists• Self-evaluation