Create account Log in Article Talk Read Edit View history Search International Baccalaureate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Main page For other uses, see Baccalaureate (disambiguation). Contents The International Baccalaureate Organization Featured content International Baccalaureate Current events (IBO), is an international educational foundation Random article headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland founded in Donate to Wikipedia 1968.[1][2] IB offers four educational programmes for Wikimedia Shop children aged 3–19.[3] The organisation's name and Interaction logo were changed in 2007 to reflect a Help reorganisation. Consequently, "IB" can refer to the About Wikipedia organisation itself, any of the four programmes, or Community portal the diploma or certificates awarded at the end of the Recent changes programme.[4] Contact page Website ibo.org Marie-Thérèse Maurette[5] created the framework for Tools What links here what would eventually become the IB Diploma Programme in 1948 when she wrote Is There a Way [6] Related changes of Teaching for Peace?, a handbook for United Nationsite. In the mid-1960s, a group of teachers Upload file from the International School of Geneva (Ecolint) created the International Schools Examinations Special pages Syndicate (ISES), which would later become the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).[7] Permanent link by Peter Nehr, International Baccalaureate Africa, Europe and Middle-East (IBAEM) was Page information open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API pdfcrowd.com Page information established in 1986,[8] and International Baccalaureate Asia Pacific (IBAP) established during the Wikidata item [9] Cite this page same period. Print/export The IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) adheres to the study of eight subject areas and was [10] Create a book developed and piloted in the mid-1990s. Within five years 51 countries had MYP schools. The Download as PDF IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) was piloted in 1996 in thirty primary schools on different Printable version continents, and the first PYP school was authorised in 1997,[11] with as many as 87 authorised Languages schools in 43 countries within five years.[12] The newest offering from the IB, the IB Career-related -Certificate is specially designed for students of ages 16 to 19 who want to engage in career اﻟﻌﺮﺑﯿﺔ Azərbaycanca related learning. The IB is introducing its newly reviewed MYP for first teaching in September Català 2014.[13] Dansk Deutsch Contents [hide] Español 1 Diploma Programme curriculum outline Français 1.1 Extended essay 한국어 1.2 Theory of knowledge (TOK) Հայերեն Italiano 2 Middle Years Programme curriculum outline Қазақша 3 Primary Years Programme curriculum outline Latviešu 4 The IB Learner Profile Nederlands 5 Organization 日本語 6 Governance Norsk bokmål 7 Reception Norsk nynorsk 8 Allegations of plagiarism Polski 9 See also Simple English 10 References Slovenščina Српски / srpski 11 External links Suomi open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API pdfcrowd.com ไทย Türkçe Diploma Programme curriculum outline [edit] 中文 Main article: IB Diploma Programme Edit links Extended essay [edit] The extended essay is an independent, self-directed piece of research, culminating in a 4,000- word paper. As a required component, it provides: practical preparation for the kinds of undergraduate research required at the tertiary level an opportunity for students to engage in an in-depth study of a topic of interest within a chosen subject. The subject can come from any of the six areas of knowledge. Emphasis is placed on the research process: formulating an appropriate research question engaging in a personal exploration of the topic communicating ideas developing an argument. Participation in this process develops the capacity to analyse, synthesize and evaluate knowledge. Students are supported throughout the process with advice and guidance from a supervisor (usually a teacher at the school). Theory of knowledge (TOK) [edit] Theory of knowledge (TOK) is a two year, compulsory subject for all IB diploma students. It aims to give students a broader understanding of the interconnectedness of different school subjects as well as creating greater open-mindedness among students and encouraging critical thinking. It is based on a system of ways of knowing (WOK) and areas of knowledge (AOK), each of which is open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API pdfcrowd.com discussed in detail.[14] The 2013 curriculum update added four new ways of knowing and two new areas of knowledge, which started with the Autumn 2013 semester (these additions are indicated with an asterisk). However, teachers still choose four ways of knowing along with six areas of knowledge to focus on over the two years. Ways of knowing: Sense perception Reasoning Language Emotion Intuition* Imagination* Faith* Memory* Areas of knowledge: Natural sciences Human sciences Arts Mathematics Ethics History Religious Knowledge Systems* Indigenous Knowledge Systems* Students are assessed through an oral presentation and a 1200–1600 word essay. The final open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API pdfcrowd.com score, together with the extended essay, influences the 3 additional points of the overall 45 possible total score. Middle Years Programme curriculum outline [edit] Main article: IB Middle Years Programme Three fundamental concepts Holistic learning Intercultural awareness Communication Five areas of interaction Approaches to learning Community and service Human ingenuity Health and social education Environments Subject areas Language Acquisition Language and Literature Individuals and Socieities Mathematics Design Arts Sciences open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API pdfcrowd.com Physical and Health Education Culminating activity for schools offering a 4 – 5-year program Personal project and Community Project[15] Primary Years Programme curriculum outline [edit] Main article: IB Primary Years Programme Six transdisciplinary themes Who we are Where we are in place and time How we express ourselves How the world works How we organise ourselves Sharing the planet Six subject areas Language Social studies Mathematics Arts Science Personal, social and physical education Five essential elements Concepts open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API pdfcrowd.com Knowledge Skills Attitudes Action The curriculum is expressed in three ways The written curriculum The taught curriculum The assessed curriculum [16] The IB Learner Profile [edit] The IB Learner Profile is as follows:[17] Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators Principled Open-minded Caring Risk-takers Balanced Reflective All four programmes (PYP, MYP, DP and IBCC) use the IB learner profile. open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API pdfcrowd.com Organization [edit] The IB is a not-for- The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable profit educational and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful foundation. The IB world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the maintains its organisation works with schools, governments and international Foundation Office in organisations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across Geneva, Switzerland. the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who The Assessment understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.— Centre is located in International Baccalaureate Mission Statement[18] Cardiff, Wales and the curriculum centre moved in 2011 to The Hague, Netherlands. Three Global Centres have been opened: Bethesda Maryland, United States, Singapore and The Hague, Netherlands. The organisation is divided into three regional centres: IB Africa, Europe and Middle East (IBAEM), administered from The Hague; IB Americas (IBA), administered from Bethesda and Buenos Aires, Argentina; and IB Asia-Pacific (IBAP), administered from Singapore.[19] Sub-regional associations "are groups formed by and for IB school practitioners to assist IB schools, teachers and students in their communities—from implementing IB programmes to providing a forum for dialogue."[20] There are fifteen in the IB Africa, Europe and Middle East region.[21] There are thirty six sub-regional associations in the IB Americas region.[22] There are five in the Asia Pacific region.[23] In 2003, the IB established the IB Fund, incorporated in the United States, for the purpose of enhancing fundraising and keeping funds raised separate from operational funds.[24] In 2004, the open in browser PRO version Are you a developer? Try out the HTML to PDF API pdfcrowd.com IB approved a strategic plan to "ensure that programmes and services are of the highest quality" and "to provide access to people who are socio-economically disadvantaged."[25] In 2010 the strategic plan was updated after substantial consultation. The vision for the next 5 years was to more consciously establish the IB as a leader in international education and the Board outlined a vision and four strategic goals with key strategic objective.[26] Access remains fundamental to the mission of the IB and a variety of initiatives and projects are helping to take it forward in Ecuador, Poland, Romania, Czech republic, South Africa, Kazakhstan,