The IBCC Reflective
Project
An Overview
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What is the Reflective Project
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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:
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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
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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-
Preparing for Evaluation
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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?
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how can it be improved?
Consult your peers, review each others’ work
and challenge each other to improve your work!
Know your Rubric from A - J
A: The Issue in Context
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Clearly state / identify your issue
Place the issue in context
Ensure issue has ethical dilemma
B: Community Awareness
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How is your community impacted by the issue?
• Neighborhood, country ethnic community?
C: Ethical Dimension of Issue
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Ability to explore issue using a balanced
approach
D: Cultural Awareness
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Awareness of cultural influences on ethical
dimension of the issue
E: Reasoning
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Evaluate material and think logically
F: Supporting Evidence
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Collect and use relevant information from a
variety of sources
G: Student Voice
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Express a personal view on the issue using a
range of relevant evidence
H: Reflection
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Reflect on insights gained through exploration of
the issue
I: Communication
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Effectiveness of the language used in project
and ability to communicate important terms,
concepts, ideas and their application
J: Presentation
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Organization of the project in terms of coherence
and structure.
Documentation also assessed
Getting Ready
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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
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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