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Literature in Language Learning in the UK Context: From Current A-Levels to University
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Puig, Idoya – Research-publishing.net, 2020
The aim of this paper is to look at the impact of recent reforms to the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) and Advanced Subsidiary (AS) curriculum in the UK, which included the teaching of literature in the language classroom in an attempt to make the study of languages more attractive and to better prepare students for university.…
Descriptors: Literature, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
The Rise and Decline of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in the United Kingdom
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Bunnell, Tristan – Oxford Review of Education, 2015
The three main programmes of the Geneva-registered International Baccalaureate (IB) have grown substantially worldwide over the past decade, although the programmes have found a natural "home" in the United States. This paper charts the growth of the IB in the United Kingdom (UK) revealing that involvement there, mainly in England and…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Foreign Countries
Perceptions of the International Baccalaureate (IB) in Canadian Universities
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Fitzgerald, Saira – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2017
This article presents the results of the first Canada-wide survey on how university admissions personnel view the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) in relation to other curricula. The purpose of this study was twofold: (i) to move beyond anecdote and discover how Canada compares with universities in the UK and Australia/NZ, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advanced Placement Programs, Universities, Admissions Officers