Mission
IB Mission Statement
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
John T Hoggard Mission Statement
The mission of John T. Hoggard High School is to ensure all students will become productive, responsible, independent, and internationally minded life-long learners who adapt and succeed in a democratic, diverse, global environment.
IB Learner Profile
The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help create a better and more peaceful world. IB learners strive to be:
History of the IB
From “The history of the IB”, © International Baccalaureate Organization 2017.
Education trends (by the 1960s)
Traditional
- Memorization
- Same content for all
- Hermetic subjects
- IQ tests
- Didactic
- Teacher-centred
- Academic intelligence
- Norm-referenced
- Machine-scored tests
- Translation (languages)
- Closed classrooms
- National perspective
Progressive
- Critical analysis
- Student choice
- Transdisciplinarity
- Range of skills testing
- Constructivism
- Child-centred
- Education of the whole child
- Criterion-referenced
- AV and AL (languages)
- Open plan rooms
- Multiple perspectives
Key influential educationalists
American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer
Key insight: The importance of tapping into students’ natural curiosity
Scottish progressive educator, author and founder of Summerhill School
Key insight: Personal freedom for children – students developing in an environment free of constraints
Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher
Director, International Bureau of Education, 1929 – 1967
Key insight: Academic intelligence develops in children through a cognitive cycle
American psychologist and author of The Process of Education
Key insight: Learning by doing and self-discovery of information makes students better problem solvers
Building the foundations of the IB: 1962 - 1975
- 1962
Atlantic College founded
International Schools Association (ISA) conference of teachers of social studies recommends that International Passport to Higher Education be called “International Baccalaureate”, following Bob Leach report
- 1968
IB Organization registered in Geneva
- 1970
First official IB Diploma Programme exams taken by students at 12 schools from 10 countries – including two state schools (Germany and France)
- 1970 - 1980
Recognition of the IB programmes negotiated in many countries
- 1975
North American Regional Office opens in New York
Early IB influencers
The original promoter of the IB
Organised the Conference of Internationally-minded Schools (1962) where the term “International Baccalaureate” was first mentioned
Developed a contemporary history syllabus and exam, which promoted critical inquiry
This pedagogy was applied to all IB Diploma Programme subjects and later to the MYP and PYP
Belgian lawyer
Treasurer, International Schools Association (1957 – 1962)
Chair, Board of the International School of Geneva (1960 – 1966)
President , International Schools Examination Syndicate (1965 – 1967)
President, IB Council of Foundation (1968 – 1980)
Instrumental in the formation of the International Baccalaureate Organization (1968)
Driving force behind IB curriculum design
First Director General (1968 – 1977)
First honorary member of the organisation's Council of Foundation (1983 – 1988)
Founder of Atlantic College in 1962 (Wales)
His theory of “Outward Bound” Four Pillars inspired the CAS element of the IB DP:
- physical fitness
- expedition of challenge and adventure
- project to develop self-reliance and self-discipline
- sense of compassion through service
The IB journey continued: 1975 onwards
- 1976
First inter-governmental IB Conference, The Hague; Piet Gathier
- 1977
Heads Standing Conference, Palais des Nations, Geneva
- 1978
Standing Conference of Governments London - 32 countries represented
- 1982
Regional offices open in Buenos Aires, London and Singapore
- 1983
IB Diploma Programme becomes available in Spanish
- 1994
Middle Years Programme introduced
- 1997
Primary Years Programme introduced
IB becomes available in Chinese
- 1998
IB develops mission statement
- 2006
IB develops Learner profile
- 2010 – 2016
Opening of Washington DC (2010), The Hague (2011), Singapore (2012) and Cardiff (2016) IB Global Centres
- 2012
Career-related Programme (CP) introduced
Diploma Programme curriculum development
Alec Peterson authors: Arts and Science in the Sixth Form (Oxford Department of Educational Studies, 1960)
Ideas incorporated into the IB curriculum:
- Broader education with some degree of specialization
- Ethics in science
- Humanities specialists ought to know about “the beauty of mathematics”
- Critical analysis and learning to learn rather than to accumulate encyclopaedic knowledge and learning through memorization
- Moving from three specialized subjects to four, spread over humanities and sciences
- 1962
Philosophy, structure, content and Pedagogy of the IB Diploma Programme developed
- 1967
Theory of Knowledge (TOK) introduced
- 1968
Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) introduced
- 1974
Extended Essay introduced
Middle Years Programme
- 1980
International Schools Association Conference (ISAC) at Moshi IS, Tanzania recommends the development of a pre-IB course to meet the needs of students aged 11-16 years with a focus on six ‘needs’:
- GLOBAL
- INTELLECTUAL
- PERSONAL
- PHYSICAL
- CREATIVE
- SOCIAL
- 1992
IB formally takes over responsibility for ISAC
- 1994
IB introduces the Middle Years Programme (MYP)
Primary Years Programme
- 1990
Idea for a programme for students aged 3-12 is first discussed at the ECIS (European Council of International Schools) Conference in Rome
- 1992
Frankfurt IS steering committee, led by Kevin Bartlett (Vienna IS), started the International Schools’ Curriculum Project (ISCP) ages 3-12
- 1997
IB introduces the Primary Years Programme (PYP)
Curriculum based around 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
Career-related Programme
- 2000s
IB identifies a need to develop a career-related approach to learning
Result of global trends and attempts to bring academic and career-related study closer together
Recognition that the development of an IB career related certificate to support local vocational/career-related studies would broaden access to an IB education
- 2010
IB pilots CP in schools around the world
The CP incorporates the vision and educational principles of the IB into a unique programme specifically developed for students who wish to engage in career-related learning
Flexible educational framework allows schools to meet the needs, backgrounds and contexts of students
Each school creates its own distinctive version of the CP
- 2012
IB introduces the CP
Some IB statistics: then and now
Value of an IB Education
Acronyms and Terms
| Term | Stands for |
|---|---|
| IB | International Baccalaureate |
| DP | Diploma Programme |
| TOK | Theory of Knowledge |
| EE | Extended Essay |
| CAS | Creativity, Activity, Service |
| IA | Internal Assessment |
| SL | Standard Level |
| HL | Higher Level |