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Does the International Baccalaureate 'Work' as an Alternative to Mainstream Schooling? Perceptions of University Students in Hong Kong
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Wright, Ewan; Lee, Moosung – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Across East and Southeast Asia, the International Baccalaureate (IB) is expanding and diversifying. More students from affluent families are 'opting out' of mainstream schooling to take the IB's Diploma Programme (DP), which is marketed as a distinctive skill-based education that prepares students for university. This research investigated how DP…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Nontraditional Education, College Students, Student Attitudes
Re/Producing the Global Middle Class: International Baccalaureate Alumni at 'World-Class' Universities in Hong Kong
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Wright, Ewan; Lee, Moosung – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2019
This research investigated educational pathways into a Global Middle Class characterised by professional or managerial careers and cosmopolitan sensibilities. The focus was International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) alumni with upper-middle-class backgrounds at 'world-class' universities in Hong Kong. The first objective was to…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Advanced Placement Programs, Reputation, Universities
Promoting Knowledge Creation Discourse in an Asian Primary Five Classroom: Results from an Inquiry into Life Cycles
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van Aalst, Jan; Truong, Mya Sioux – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
The phrase "knowledge creation" refers to the practices by which a community advances its collective knowledge. Experience with a model of knowledge creation could help students to learn about the nature of science. This research examined how much progress a teacher and 16 Primary Five (Grade 4) students in the International…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Advanced Placement Programs, Scientific Principles, Social Structure
The International Baccalaureate Diploma and Student Attitudes: An Exploratory Study
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Wilkinson, Veronica; Hayden, Mary – Journal of Research in International Education, 2010
This article presents a summary of the findings of a recent study that points to the importance of informal, out of classroom, interactions in effecting change in student attitudes as they pass through the two-year International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, designed as an internationally recognized pre-university programme for students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Advanced Placement Programs, Attitude Change, High School Students