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Diploma Programmepresentation for parents
and students
Hettie TinsleyMonday
02 November, 2009
Agenda
• Introduction: greetings and goals• DP Authorization visit• Background information• DP structure• DP curriculum• CAS, EE, ToK
Diploma Programme background
• International Baccalaureate Organization– Has roots in United Nations (UNESCO)– developed in 1968 in Oxford by Alec Peterson
and others• The IB works with 2,728 schools in 138
countries to offer the three IB programmes to more than 752,000 students. – DP : currently 2,000 schools in 4 world regions.
We are in The Americas with regional headquarters in New York.
Quick view of IB programmesPYP MYP DP
All programmes require application, authorization and evaluation processes.
All programmes require age-appropriate moderated criterion-referenced assessments.
All programmes require inclusion of international-mindedness in the curriculum (Learner Profile).
Culminating project
Exhibitions (PYP 8)
Personal Project (MYP 5)
Extended Essays (DP 2)
Transdisciplinary initiatives
Themes Areas of Interaction
Theory of Knowledge
Action in communities
Action component of
unit
Community service project
CAS
Features of the Diploma
• A 2 year course of study• Students are 16-19 years old• Criterion-referenced • assessment• Preparation for university • International perspective• Sense of identity and culture• Service is compulsory
Examined Subject Areas
• Group 1 Language A1: English• Group 2 Second Language : Spanish/
French• Group 3 Individuals and Societies: History• Group 4 Experimental Sciences: Biology• Group 5 Mathematics: Mathematics SL• Mathematical Studies• Group 6 The Arts: Music/ Visual Arts
Assessing student work• Classroom teachers and IB
examiners work in partnership.
• Focus on examinations with
some internal assessment
• Chief examiners for each subject
have international authority in
their fields• Criterion referenced results are not scaled
Compulsory non-examined requirement
• Extended Essay :– 4 000 words of independent research– Regionally-based topics are encouraged– Supervised by a school mentor– About 40 hours of work– Predicted grade by school– Marked by external examiner
Sample Extended Essay• To what extent are demand factors
responsible for the increase in prices of petrol in the Australian market in the last 5 years?(Economics)
• Elliptic curves and cryptography (Mathematics)
Compulsory non-examined requirement
• Theory of Knowledge –explores the nature of knowledge:– Taught for a minimum of 100 hours – Essay from a prescribed list- 1600 words– Marked by IB appointed examiner– Presentation of 15 minutes per student– Marked by the school and subject to
moderation with filmed evidence
ToK model
Sample ToK essay• We often say that ‘seeing is believing’ but
when should be trust our senses to give us truth?
Compulsory non-examined requirement
• Creativity, Action, Service:– Involvement in artistic pursuits– Involvement in sport– Involvement in community
service– 150 hours over 2 years,
preferably
on-going and integrated– Supervised activities with
reports
Diploma Marks
• 3 HL and 3 SL examined subjects• 7 marks each. 7X6= 42 marks• Compulsory non-examined subjects• ToK/ Extended Essay 3 marks combined.
42+3= 45• Minimum Diploma score is 24• CAS – course completion (150 hours)
The Outcome
‘The end result, we hope, is a more compassionate population, a welcome manifestation of national diversity within an international framework of tolerant respect’
Roger Peel, ex- Director General, IBO
Additional Information
• www.ibo.org
• Hettie Tinsley
IB Coordinator
Hettie Tinsley, October 2009, for The Codrington School.
Lifelong learners @ The Codrington School