Why Offer the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme? A Comparison between Schools in Asia-Pacific and Other Regions

Autor/inn/en	Wright, Ewan; Lee, Moosung; Tang, Hayes; Chak Pong Tsui, Gordon
Titel	Why Offer the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme? A Comparison between Schools in Asia-Pacific and Other Regions
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in International Education, 15 (2016) 1, S.3-17 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1475-2409
DOI	10.1177/1475240916635896
Schlagwörter	Comparative Education; Advanced Placement Programs; Holistic Approach; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Educational Philosophy; Surveys; Administrator Attitudes; Marketing; Cross Cultural Studies; Middle School Students; Educational Trends; Trend Analysis; Academic Standards; Articulation (Education); Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Holistischer Ansatz; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Bildungsentwicklung; Trendanalyse; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Schulleistung
Abstract	The International Baccalaureate (IB) has become a powerful educational brand by developing a reputation for combining progressive approaches with academic rigour. This can be identified by the growing number of schools adopting IB programmes globally and especially in the IB Asia-Pacific region. As part of this trend, the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), aimed at students between 11 and 16 years old, has expanded significantly in recent years. However, in Asia-Pacific, the MYP remains less popular relative to the IB's Primary Years Programme and pre-university Diploma Programme (DP). This article compares the motivations of IB MYP and DP Coordinators for choosing the MYP in Asia-Pacific with their counterparts in other parts of the world. To achieve this, 175 IB Coordinators across 54 countries were surveyed. Findings revealed that IB pedagogy, holistic approach, philosophy and global citizenship were the most popular reasons to offer the MYP. Yet, IB Coordinators in Asia-Pacific put relatively greater weight on marketing, the MYP Certificate and external validation of school-based assessments. This article argues that this emphasis may stem from a high concentration of schools operating in the private international schooling sector and discusses the potential for the MYP to continue to expand across the Asia-Pacific region. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01