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The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program
Introduction The Diploma Programme for students aged 16 to 19 started in 1968 with first examinations in 1970 and now works with 2,732 schools in 138 countries to offer the IB to approximately 753,000 students. The International Baccalaureate® (IB) is more than its three educational programmes. At our heart we are motivated by a mission to create a better world through education. The International Baccalaureate values its hard-earned reputation for quality, for high standards and for pedagogical leadership. The International Baccalaureate achieves its goals by working with partners and by actively involving our stakeholders, particularly students. 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. What makes the IB unique? The International Baccalaureate encourages international-mindedness in IB students. To do this, we believe that students must first develop an understanding of their own cultural and national identity. The International Baccalaureate encourages a positive attitude to learning by encouraging students to ask challenging questions, to critically reflect, to develop research skills, to learn how to learn and to participate in community service. The International Baccalaureate ensures that programmes are accessible to students in a wide variety of schools—national, international, public and private—through our unique relationship with IB World Schools worldwide. The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet help to create a better and more peaceful world. IB learners strive to be: Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators Principled Open-minded Caring Risk-takers Balanced Reflective Course Requirements for the IB DiplomaThe IB Diploma candidate must take a total of six subjects, three of them to be taken at the Higher Level (HL) and three at the Standard Level (SL). Higher Level courses cover more units than Standard Level ones: at AISC both Higher level subjects and Standard Level subjects are taken over a two year period. The six subjects are chosen from six prescribed group lists which are known collectively as Language A1, Language B and ab initio, Individuals and Society, Experimental Science, Mathematics, Arts and Electives. Additional Diploma Requirements Theory of Knowledge (TOK) A key element in the educational philosophy of the IB is the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course. TOK is obligatory for diploma candidates and involves approximately 100 hours of instructional time. The purpose of TOK is to stimulate critical reflection upon the knowledge and experience of students both within and outside the classroom. The course is ‘philosophical’ in the sense that it encourages students to acquire a critical awareness of what they and others know through the analysis of concepts, arguments and value judgments. During the course, TOK students will consider the role of language, the requirements of logical rigor, systems of knowledge (Science, Mathematics, Social Science, and History), value judgments as well as the issue of knowledge and truth. In TOK, students are assessed both internally by the TOK teacher using IB guidelines and criteria and externally by an outside examiner. The external assessment is in the form of an essay of between 1200 and 1600 words. Internally, students are assessed on an oral presentation to the class and the completion of a self-evaluation report. TOK in combination with the Extended Essay contributes to the overall Diploma score through the award of bonus points. Extended Essay (EE) By the end of January of the second year of the IB Diploma programme, students will have completed a substantial piece of independent work of approximately 4,000 words in length with the guidance from a subject teacher and the IB Coordinator. The essay will derive from one of the subjects in the IB curriculum. The purpose of this exercise is to prepare students for university level research work and to provide the opportunity for them to follow personal interests in greater depth. These essays are marked externally by IB examiners. IB Subjects Offered At AISC Higher Level Standard Level English English AISC IB Statistics:
The Class of 2009 They will be attending the following Colleges and Universities:
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