Download or read book The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme written by Tim Pound and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing a balanced look at the experience of implementing and teaching the increasingly respected qualification, the International Baccalaureate, this book is a rich resource for all teachers, school leaders and managers involved with or considering the qualification.
Download or read book Educational Reform and International Baccalaureate in the Asia Pacific written by Coulson, David Gregory and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need to reform secondary-level education to prepare young people for new economic realities has emerged. In an age of constant career changing, cognitive flexibility is a top-priority skill to develop in today’s students. This shift requires methodological innovation that enhances children’s natural abilities as well as updated, focused teacher education in order to prepare them adequately. Educational Reform and International Baccalaureate in the Asia-Pacific is a collection of innovative research that examines the development and implementation of IB curricula. Highlighting a wide range of topics including critical thinking, student evaluation, and teacher training, this book is ideally designed for educators, curriculum developers, instructional designers, administrative officials, policymakers, researchers, academicians, and students.
Download or read book Effective Practices to Address Implementation Challenges in IB Diploma Programmes in Michigan Schools written by Michael B. Pascoe and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 21st century learner resides in an advanced global society that is led by the waves of the economy, advances in the technological world, concern around our safety and security, as well as demographical changes (Carver & Markatos-Soriano, 2007). The trends suggest education needs to equip students with the attitudes that promote respect for others, awareness of other cultures and diversity, and communication skills that will assist them in collaborating with those from other countries in which globalization presents. Unfortunately, there has been little research about how school districts navigate the challenges associated with implementing an inquiry-based, internationally-minded program such as the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) at a level that supports high rates of IB diploma acquisition. This instrumental case study focused on the IBDP in Michigan IB schools in which 60% or more of their students obtain the IB diploma as noted by the recent IB standard for IBDP evaluation. The overarching goal was to identify general patterns relating to implementation barriers and challenges which IB coordinators, head of schools, and teachers experienced as they delivered the DP and to describe how these schools overcame these barriers and achieved increased rates of IB diploma acquisition. This study also elicited perspectives regarding the elements that various members in the school implementation process identified as facilitators for implementing the IB Diploma Programme. The study involved the collection of qualitative data from five IB schools in which the IB educators played a main role in the implementation of their IB Diploma Programme. Data were collected through individual interviews, the review of artifacts such as IB site evaluation documents, and a rating exercise. Content analysis, coding, and categorical analysis guided the research questions to interpret and analyze the data collected. Also, the study followed a form of interpretive analysis introduced by Smith et al. (2009) helping to reduce the data to seventeen key findings or superordinate themes as follows: (a) lack of understanding and program awareness from all stakeholders, (b) lack of initial program preparation, (c) student and staff perception, (d) lack of collaborative time, (e) increased communication to all stakeholders, (f) increased staff and student support, (g) increased awareness of curriculum and assessment, (h)implementing structural changes, (i) continuous communication to all stakeholders, (j) district and community support, (k) establishing an IB school culture, (l) ongoing IB professional development, (m) time focused on IBDP, (n) dedicated staff, (o) change in staff and student perception, (p) understanding of assessment, and (q) structural support. The key findings from the conceptual rating exercise were as follows by highest rated theme and sub-theme (in parenthesis) when averaging all three participant groups: (a) learning culture (shared vision/values), (b) leadership and management (adequate resources), (c) practice and performance (teacher choice), (d) monitoring and assessment (examiner feedback), and (e) MYP-DP transition (program design). My research confirmed much of the research conducted in previous studies, but also added some new findings that could be useful to the IB community. The most significant finding during the initial implementation phase was communication as all cases noted it as being essential to getting their IBDP off the ground. Establishing a solid communication plan to reach all stakeholders helped schools establish awareness, facilitated stakeholder buy-in, built positive beliefs around the benefits of the program, and helped build excitement of younger students at lower grade levels. Program preparation was also a relatively new finding as participants noted having structural supports, ongoing IB training, pre-IB course development, adequate resources, and time to grow as key facilitators in IBDP implementation.
Download or read book The International Baccalaureate written by Ian Hill and published by John Catt Educational Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 4: Dr Ian Hill, Deputy Director General of the IB, charts the history of the organisation and the goal to create, develop and implement a truly international curriculum and qualification.
Download or read book Implementing the IB Diploma Programme written by Marc van Loo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-07-15 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IB Diploma Programme is a two-year pre-university high school programme. Schools wishing to introduce the Diploma Programme are faced with a major investment in terms of time, effort and money in order to become IB-authorised. This hands-on manual helps prospective schools to navigate the process by providing comprehensive information on the Diploma Programme and a clear roadmap for successful IB implementation.
Download or read book Learning and Understanding written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-08-06 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a fresh look at programs for advanced studies for high school students in the United States, with a particular focus on the Advanced Placement and the International Baccalaureate programs, and asks how advanced studies can be significantly improved in general. It also examines two of the core issues surrounding these programs: they can have a profound impact on other components of the education system and participation in the programs has become key to admission at selective institutions of higher education. By looking at what could enhance the quality of high school advanced study programs as well as what precedes and comes after these programs, this report provides teachers, parents, curriculum developers, administrators, college science and mathematics faculty, and the educational research community with a detailed assessment that can be used to guide change within advanced study programs.
Download or read book Trivium 21c written by Martin Robinson and published by Crown House Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-12 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Ancient Greece to the present day, Trivium 21c explores whether a contemporary trivium (Grammar, Dialectic, and Rhetoric) can unite progressive and traditionalist institutions, teachers, politicians and parents in the common pursuit of providing a great education for our children in the 21st century. Education policy and practice is a battleground. Traditionalists argue for the teaching of a privileged type of hard knowledge and deride soft skills. Progressives deride learning about great works of the past preferring '21c skills' (21st century skills) such as creativity and critical thinking. Whilst looking for a school for his daughter, the author became frustrated by schools' inability to value knowledge, as well as creativity, foster discipline alongside free-thinking, and value citizenship alongside independent learning. Drawing from his work as a creative teacher, Robinson finds inspiration in the Arts and the need to nurture learners with the ability to deal with the uncertainties of our age. Named one of Book Authority's best education books of all time.
Download or read book The International Baccalaureate 50 Years of Education for a Better World written by George Walker and published by John Catt. This book was released on 2018-10-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the IB proudly invites you to read about the first half-century of its ongoing story. Written by a series of significant figureheads and stakeholders, this book describes – and celebrates – the ways in which the IB has seized the opportunity not only to address the need for an internationally recognized certification of educational achievement, but also to frame a global vision for values-based learning that improves the prospects for a better and more peaceful world. Contributors: Carolyn Adams; Sir John Daniel; Judith Fabian; Howard Gardner; Laura Gardner; Jenny Gillett; Matt Glanville; Judith Guy; Robert Harrison; Gareth Hegarty; Ian Hill; Carol Inugai-Dixon; Siva Kumari; Andrew Macdonald; Andrew Maclehose; Pilar Quezzaire; Angela Riviere; Dominic Robeau; George Rupp; HRH Princess Sarvath El Hassan of Jordan; Anthony Tait; Nicholas Tate; George Walker.
Download or read book Perspectives on the IB Diploma Core written by Jeff Thompson and published by John Catt. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Diploma Programme was the first programme to be devised and implemented by the International Baccalaureate over fifty years ago. Since its creation, the curriculum upon which the programme is based has been continuously developed to take into account the rapidly changing needs of students, schools, higher education and employment contexts. For much of that time, the programme has included three essential components that must be undertaken by students who wish to graduate with the Diploma: Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay and Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS). Taken together, over time these have come to be regarded as a "core" of the Diploma Programme, although they were not described as such at the outset. This edited collection is intended to provide input into the current review of the IB Diploma Programme. It comprises contributions from experienced authors - researchers and practitioners - who were invited to reflect upon the nature of the core as it exists at present, to raise issues in relation to the future development of the core, and to share experience in the learning and teaching of the core components across a wide range of schools, in both national and international systems of education. Questions concerning the concept of the core as a whole, developing students as internationally-minded thinkers, and the challenges of bringing coherence to the core in establishing a holistic approach to the curriculum, underpin the individual chapters throughout. Contributors: Edward Allanson, Tom Brodie, John Cannings, Christian Chiarenza, Mary Donnellan, Jenny Gillett, Robin Julian, Julian Kitching, Justin Laleh, Ann Lautrette, James MacDonald, Shona McIntosh, Heather Michael, Paul Regan, John Royce, John Sprague, George Walker.
Download or read book Introducing the IB Diploma Programme written by Marc Abrioux and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schools wishing to introduce the IB diploma programme are faced with major investment in terms of time, effort and money in order to become authorised. This manual is a resource for schools already offering the diploma, as well as for prospective diploma schools.
Download or read book Taking the IB Diploma Programme Forward written by Jeff Thompson and published by John Catt. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert writers share their thoughts and opinions on the future of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. The editors and contributors, all experts in their field, identify issues arising from current practice and indicate how those issues need to be addressed as part of a policy for future growth.
Download or read book The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme written by Tim Pound and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a respected qualification gaining increasing currency around the world, and which has been adopted by a wide variety of schools, both public and private. In the UK, growing dissatisfaction with the A-level system has led to an intense debate about alternative qualifications, and in many schools IB courses have been introduced alongside conventional A-level courses. This practical introduction to the IB takes a balanced look at the pros and cons and features a wealth of advice from those actually involved in teaching and implementing it in schools. Providing comparative material on how IB courses differ from A-levels and a subject-by-subject account of best practice in teaching the IB, this book offers a rich source of practical advice for teachers, school leaders or managers involved in teaching or implementing the IB programmes.
Download or read book The International Baccalaureate written by Alexander Duncan Campbell Peterson and published by London : G. G. Harrap. This book was released on 1972 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme written by Tim Pound and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a respected qualification gaining increasing currency around the world, and which has been adopted by a wide variety of schools, both public and private. In the UK, growing dissatisfaction with the A-level system has led to an intense debate about alternative qualifications, and in many schools IB courses have been introduced alongside conventional A-level courses. This practical introduction to the IB takes a balanced look at the pros and cons and features a wealth of advice from those actually involved in teaching and implementing it in schools. Providing comparative material on how IB courses differ from A-levels and a subject-by-subject account of best practice in teaching the IB, this book offers a rich source of practical advice for teachers, school leaders or managers involved in teaching or implementing the IB programmes.
Download or read book Deciding to Implement the International Baccalaureate IB Primary Years Programme written by Sanjay Lalwani and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globally, decision makers in an increasing number of schools from the governmental, nongovernmental, and international sectors are making the decision to change their curriculum and pedagogical frameworks to implement the International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes (Booth, 2015; Doherty, 2009; Gough, Sharpley, Vander Pal & Griffiths, 2014; IB, 2019a; Marshall, 2014). The IB is an international education foundation which provides a continuum of four education programmes for primary, middle and secondary years of schooling. While the IB Diploma Programme (for the 16 to 19 age group) is the oldest, most established and widely recognised of the IB programmes, it is the Primary Years Programme, catering for the 3 to 12 age group, which has shown the greatest growth, at approximately 8%, in the past ten years (IB, 2019a). With the aim of providing a better understanding of why and how school decision makers are deciding to implement the Primary Years Programme than is currently available, the phenomenon was investigated through the following research question: How can we understand school decision makers' decision to implement the Primary Years Programme? The investigation was a qualitative, single-site case study, which allowed for an analysis of the context in which the site was located, and employed problem-based methodology (Robinson, 1993) as a framework through which the decision makers' actions, their personal and contextual constraints, and the consequences of those actions, could be viewed, and a theory of action be produced. By relying on interview and document data, and employing constant comparative analysis, categories and themes were generated which then allowed for the development of a theory of action for the decision makers' decision to implement the Primary Years Programme. The findings of the study indicate that although the reasons for implementing the Primary Years Programme at this site aligned with the reasons reported in the existing literature, the circumstances of the school played a far larger part in the decision than has been previously reported. It was also found that the process of deciding to implement the Primary Years Programme was far more complex and intricate than reported in existing literature. The process involved a number of actions on the part of the decision makers which were designed to prepare the Elementary School to make the decision to implement the programme. These findings suggest that the decision to implement the Primary Years Programme can only be understood in the context in which it is made. It is envisaged that the findings of this study can be drawn upon by school decision makers who are currently considering the decision to implement the Primary Years Programme, as well as the IB consultants who assist interested schools through the Primary Years Programme authorisation process.
Download or read book The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program and the School Library written by Anthony Tilke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-03-11 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, a blend of practice and theory, shows how the school library can contribute to the success of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. Written for librarians in schools that are applying to offer the program as well as those who already work with it, The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program and the School Library: Inquiry-Based Education provides information and strategies specifically relating libraries to the IBDP. The guide includes information about the IBDP ranging from the subject matrix to unique aspects of the program, such as the Theory of Knowledge course, the Extended Essay requirement, and the Learner Profile. The book also discusses other important features of IB programs, such as internationalism and academic honesty. Finally, it blends theory and practice by providing details and findings from the only two-year research study to follow students and teachers through the IBDP. The study demonstrates the role of the school library in the program, showing how both students and teachers used and valued it. Each chapter concludes with a series of points or strategies for the librarian to reflect upon and/or use as the basis of action.
Download or read book Taking the IB CP Forward written by Jeff Thompson and published by John Catt. This book was released on 2017-06-11 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IB Career-related Programme for 16 to 19 year olds was launched in 2012. Designed for young people who want to prepare for a career and the world of work alongside their academic studies, this innovative programme adds a new dimension to an IB education, opening it up to a wider range of student needs and aspirations. This edited collection provides ideas and support for those involved in implementing the CP, or planning to introduce it in the future. The chapters are written by practitioners, some of whom have been involved with the CP from its earliest days, who provide forthright accounts of the significant rewards the introduction of the CP has brought to their students. Taking the IB CP Forward explores the key elements of the programme, its flexibility and how it can implemented to meet the needs of a range of educational contexts. Contributors: Dominic Robeau, Theresa Forbes, Chantell Wyten, Cathryn Berger Kaye, Patrick Daneau, Alexandra Juniper, Sara Woodcock, Ramona Dietrich, Mike Worth, Catheryn Phipps-Orive, Paul Campbell, Natasha Deflorian, David Barrs, Tony Smith, Kate Greig, John Carozza, Conan de Wilde, Peter Kotrc, Julia Peters, Stewart Redden, John Bastable.
