Graduate with IDEATE|乐成创思课程: 玩转学术知识, 创造个性升学的新选择
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BCIS’s flagship academic program, IDEATE, gives high school students the opportunity to shape their own learning path. However, once students complete the IDEATE program, where do they go? Our IDEATE graduates go on to attend excellent universities all over the world pursuing a wide variety of majors. IDEATE graduates have received offers from and gone on to attend many world-renowned schools, including Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Gonzaga University, King’s College, and the University of Queensland. The personalized and self-directed nature of the fully accredited IDEATE program comprehensively prepares students for their academic futures.
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One of our current IDEATE students, Katrina, has received offers from Pratt Institute, School of Visual Arts, California College of Art, and ArtCenter College of Design. She plans to pursue a major in interior design, and Pratt Institute is the number one school in the United States for this major! Interior design was also the focus of her IDEATE project. This project – renovating the Secondary School’s student lounge – was an important part of the portfolio Katrina used when applying to universities. BCIS congratulates Katrina and all our outstanding students on their many impressive offers! We also sat down to talk with her to learn more about her project and how the IDEATE program helped her during the university application process.
Graduate with IDEATE: your personalized program through high school and beyond
Katrina got the idea for her project as she started IDEATE in Grade 11. “I started this project because I observed that the surroundings of the student lounge were quite messy, and not really suitable for students to relax in,” she explains. Being a core part of the IDEATE Seminar, the project took a lot of work, starting with gathering data from her target audience of other students, drafting designs, seeking feedback from teachers, and even learning new design software, all before her final project defense. The number of interdisciplinary skills included in the project made it quite a challenge, but it ultimately paid off. “The student lounge renovation project is a big part of the content in my portfolio, because it is a real-life application that I can show universities that I am not just studying how to do interior design or memorizing the content of design technology, but I’m also applying that knowledge to real life situations,” Katrina says of her IDEATE project. Such real-life application is an important way IDEATE prepares students for university and beyond.
The opportunity to ideate her own project was a big reason Katrina chose the IDEATE program at BCIS. Katrina already knew she wanted to pursue interior design and felt that IDEATE, and the IDEATE project that allowed her to have an impact on the school, was the best fit for her. The product that students ideate in the program can strengthen their portfolios and make their university applications stand out, enhancing the strong academic foundation they get from the other classes they take at BCIS. Furthermore, the student-centered nature of the IDEATE program is perfect for students with all types of interests, from design to business and art to architecture.
Katrina‘s IDEATE project design
Student choice is at the heart of IDEATE. Our IDEATE Coordinator, Ellie, explains that the choices and decisions students make during the IDEATE Seminar guide their learning and give them an advantage in preparing for university, where they will need to select their own areas of research. BCISers who graduate with IDEATE will already have an excellent understanding of the subjects they are passionate about, and a strong academic foundation to build on. Whether it is science, business, art, or any other subject, IDEATE will challenge you to pursue it at a high level and inspire you to create a portfolio that will prepare you for success in university admissions.
IDEATE graduates will go on to become changemakers and leaders in their fields of choice at universities all over the world. The learning impacts they gained from IDEATE will continue to help them. For example, our alumni, Travis (Class of 2020), whose IDEATE project was an upgraded climbing wall at BCIS, is now pursuing architecture at Ball State University in the United States. His project helped him to get a head start on architectural design and helped make a change at BCIS. IDEATE portfolios like Travis’ and Katrina’s based on actual designs that practically solve problems give students an advantage on their university applications. If you would like to shape your own learning journey, apply for the BCIS IDEATE program today!
从学生多功能空间改造计划、令人心旷神怡的音乐喷泉、“小吃文化”3D模型，到用环保面料制作可保护女性免受暴力侵害的服装，再到兼具运动属性和社交属性的学校攀岩墙......乐成高中阶段创思课程（IDEATE）的学生们玩转学术知识，真正实现了在真实环境下的创新且极具个性化的“折腾”。
真实环境的个性化创造，为未来赋能
在乐成，学生在11-12年级阶段除了可以选择众所周知的IB DP课程，还可以选择乐成自主研发的特色课程，即创思课程（IDEATE）。五年来，创思课程学生们收获了很好的成绩，从目前为止的早申录取喜讯来看，不仅仅有国外顶尖艺术院校，同时还涵盖了心理学，法律等其他领域的高等院校。
截止目前IDEATE创思课程录取喜讯
作为乐成的另一种升学选择，创思课程获得了CIS和WASC的全面认证，学生们可以凭借课程成绩和作品申请心仪的一流大学。在两年的创思课程学习中，学生需要完成3门IB国际文凭大学预科科目，2门跨学科项目式创思课程科目，1个自主项目课程，以及学习作品集，社会实践学习与工作实习经历等。创思课程协调员Ellie认为，“创思课程的设置就是为大学学习提前作准备，因为提前培养了自我管理，社会实践和有效沟通的能力，创思学生往往可以更快适应大学的生活。”
乐成IDEATE创思课程：玩转学术知识，创造未来的另一种个性化升学选择
“相比冷冰冰的电子设计图，
真正的实践成果更能打动大学招生官”
“作为乐成社区一员，我希望能够从自己感兴趣的领域出发让社区变得更好。” 作为今年的创思课程毕业生，Katrina认为创思课程将她的创作热情激发了出来并助力她创造未来，“在课程里我可以深度探究我感兴趣的艺术设计领域，并且付诸实践，老师和学校都竭力支持我的想法和项目。相比冷冰冰的电子设计图，真正的实践和成果更能打动大学招生官。”
目前收获了美国普拉特学院、加州艺术学院、加州艺术中心设计学院、纽约视觉艺术学院等艺术类高等院校录取喜讯的Katrina，她的创思课程个人项目是学生空间环保可持续改造的项目。为了这个项目，她从11年级就开始着手准备改造项目的各类调研，并且在此基础上制定好改造提案，在与校内外各相关领域人员不断沟通下理清自己的商业思路与主题，精雕细琢出一份项目提案，并最终在专家评委面前全方位地宣讲自己的创业灵感，市场分析报告与后续行动方案。作为设计软件小白的她，还挑战了很多业内人士需要花费很长时间掌握的室内设计软件。
Katrina为学生空间环保可持续改造的项目设计图
在乐成，每一个孩子的想法都能被聆听、被尊重，鼓励学生让学习发生在真实社会和社区中，真正成为解决现实问题的工具。而课本上的学术知识，远不如在生活世界和场景中来得鲜活、真实有用。
无独有偶，Katrina这样的将学术知识灵活付诸于实践的例子在乐成也不胜枚举。为中学部图书馆绘制艺术墙是创思学生Alice的实践项目，她的作品是一副将图书馆和学习故事紧密联系的手绘铅笔画：一颗跳动有力的心脏象征为学生输送知识的中学阶段，成堆的书籍和正在专心阅读的学生代表日常的学习生活。
Alice和Wenlan共同创作的作品不仅被展示在中学图书馆，还被选为第28期学习杂志的封面
校友方面，目前正在美国波尔州立大学攻读建筑学的乐成2021届校友Travis，当年他的数学课实践项目就是以“在学校建设一面攀岩墙”为构思，综合数学、建筑、设计等多个学科的跨学科知识，将体育馆周围闲置的空间为乐成社区创造更多乐趣。
不为梦想设限，助力多元绽放。IDEATE的建立，正是为这群有志于在不同领域自由探索的青年们所搭建的全新途径，它与国际文凭大学预科课程并驾齐驱，为学生提供“我发声，我做主”的个性化组合课程，赋能他们追逐梦想，引领未来。我们期待着更多的有志青年加入IDEATE创思课程，一起迎接挑战，赢在未来。