International Colloquium on Jesuit Secondary Education

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2011

International Colloquium on Jesuit Secondary Education

International Baccalaureate Americas

Paul CampbellHead of Regional Development


In the 1950s, a small group of passionate educators asked themselves difficult questions.

•Can education cultivate intercultural understanding?

•Can education reap peace?

Can peace be taught?

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2011© International Baccalaureate Organization 2011

The Diploma Programme Curriculum Model


PYP MYP DP

INQUIRINGINQUIRING KNOWLEDGEABLE KNOWLEDGEABLE CARINGCARING

AUTHENTIC, CRITERION-RELATED ASSESSMENTAUTHENTIC, CRITERION-RELATED ASSESSMENT

INTERNATIONAL MINDEDNESS INTERNATIONAL MINDEDNESS includingincluding MULTILINGUALISMMULTILINGUALISM

ACTIVE, STUDENT CENTERED LEARNINGACTIVE, STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING

programmes that promote. . .

inspiring lifelong learners who become more. . .


Key Elements of IB Programmes:

• Cross-cultural study of a broad range of subjects

• Language learning

• Learning across disciplines

• Learning to learn

• Inquiry

• Action and reflection oriented community service

Towards a Continuum of International Education


The Diploma Programme Curriculum Model


IB educators prepare students to become representatives of their own nations and cultures:

The IB is more than a set of high academic standards

Principled, multilingual, and possessed of the highly-developed critical thinking and interpersonal skills required to bridge gaps in understanding across cultures.



IB and Ignatian philosophical similarities


IB and Ignatian philosophical similarities

IB Education Creativity, Action, Service Lifelong Learners Student-centered

Learning Critical, compassionate

citizens in a complex global community

Jesuit Education Education in the Service

of the Faith that Does Justice (5.2)

Life-long openness to growth (5.3)

Activity of students in the learning process (2.2)

The total formation of each individual within community (1.2)


A pathway for Jesuit schools to adopt IB that would promote transferability

Outreach to the developing world Network to network exchanges Joint documents emphasizing the

philosophical and pedagogical similarities All done under the auspices of local control –

ultimately programmatic choices are in the hands of individual schools

Possibility for Partnership

Documents

International Colloquium on Jesuit Secondary Education