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Our Page is: International Baccalaureate

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http://www.ibo.org/myp/curriculum/index.cfm

http://www.ibo.org/pyp/curriculum/index.cfm

http://www.ibo.org/programmes/profile/documents/Learnerprofileguide.pdf

142.1.58.23 (talk) 16:19, 22 March 2012 (UTC) March 22, 2012 Hello,for this edit our team got together Sunday morning at the Tim Hortons in the Davis building, we collaborated as a team and posted our changes together in one edit. Everybody go to the main page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Canada_Education_Program/Courses/The_Rhetoric_of_Digital_and_Interactive_Media_Environments_(Rhonda_McEwen)

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The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is an international educational foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968. IB offers three educational programmes for children ages 3–19. The organization's name and logo were changed in 2007 to reflect a new and for legal reorganization. Consequently, "IB" can refer to the organization itself, any of the three programmes, or the diploma or certificates awarded at the end of the diploma programme. IB is generally referred to as the Diploma program. This is incorrect and the IBO is moving to correct this global generalization.

IB Diploma Curriculum Outline
For more detailed information: Diploma Programme (DP)

Extended Essay
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 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 groups (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).

Creativity, Action and Service (CAS)
Fulfilment of a total of 150 hours of creativity, action, or service activities, with at least some hours in each of the three categories, are required to fulfil this requirement. In order to learn from their experiences, students complete a number of reflections.

Theory of Knowledge (TOK)
Theory of Knowledge (TOK) is a compulsory subject all IB diploma students are obligated to take. It focuses on claiming that the ways of knowing and different areas of knowledge, as listed below, are the source of knowledge itself:

Five Ways of Knowing:
 * Sense Perception
 * Reasoning
 * Language
 * Emotion
 * Authority

Areas of Knowledge:
 * Natural Sciences
 * Human Sciences
 * Arts
 * Mathematics
 * Ethics
 * History

IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) Curriculum Outline
For more detailed information: Middle Years Programme (MYP)

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 A
 * Language B
 * Mathematics
 * Humanities
 * Arts
 * Sciences
 * Physical Education
 * Technology

Culminating Activity for schools offering a 4 - 5 year program
 * Personal Project

IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) Curriculum Outline
For more detailed information: Primary Years Programme (PYP)

Six Transdisciplinary Themes
 * Who we are
 * Where we are in place and time
 * How we express ourselves
 * How the world works
 * How we organize ourselves
 * Sharing the planet

Six Subject Areas
 * Language
 * Social Studies
 * Mathematics
 * Arts
 * Science
 * Personal, Social and Physical Education

Five Essential Elements
 * Concepts
 * Knowledge
 * Skills
 * Attitudes
 * Action

The curriculum is expressed in three ways
 * The written curriculum
 * The taught curriculum
 * The assessed curriculum

All three programmes (PYP, MYP and DP) use the IB Learner Profile

IB Learner Profile

 * Inquirers
 * Knowledgeable
 * Thinkers
 * Communicators
 * Principled
 * Open-minded
 * Caring
 * Risk-takers
 * Balanced
 * Reflective