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The baccalaureate : a model for curriculum reform / edited by Graham Phillips and Tim Pound.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Future of education from 14+Publication details: London ; Sterling, VA : Kogan Page, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 020341666X
  • 9780203416662
  • 9786610049653
  • 6610049653
  • 9780749438371
  • 0749438371
  • 1138155039
  • 9781138155039
  • 1135725152
  • 9781135725150
  • 1280049650
  • 9781280049651
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Baccalaureate.DDC classification:
  • 373.19/0941 21
LOC classification:
  • LB1629.5.G7 B33 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on the contributors -- Series editors� foreword -- Introduction -- Breadth -- Coherence -- Inclusion -- Progression -- Internationalism -- References -- 1 The resistance to reform: from Crowther to Curriculum 2000 -- Introduction -- Crowther and the concept of subject-mindedness -- The quest for breadth in the post-Crowther years -- The growth of vocational alternatives -- The Higginson Report and its aftermath -- Steps towards unification: the concept of a core curriculum
Developing breadth and balance: a British BaccalaureateThe pre-Dearing context: further proposals for a unified curriculum -- The Dearing Report and its legacy -- References -- 2 Towards a structural typology for baccalaureate-style curricula -- Defining a baccalaureate -- Approaching a classification through values and aims -- Approaching a classification through inputs and outcomes -- A review of existing baccalaureate-style programmes -- Essential characteristics of baccalaureate systems -- The baccalaureate as a school-leaving examination
Admission to higher educationBreadth and balance -- Encyclopaedism and essentialism -- Academic and vocational dimensions -- Balance in assessment -- A common experience -- Types of option group -- Types of common core -- Summary -- Towards a structural typology -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The International Baccalaureate -- Introduction -- The origins of the IB -- The IB model -- Group 1: first language -- Group 2: second language -- Group 3: individuals and societies -- Group 4: experimental sciences
Group 5: mathematics and computer scienceGroup 6: the arts -- Objectives of the IB Diploma Programme -- The student experience -- An international higher education qualification -- Recognition -- Performance of IB students in higher education -- Contribution to education/social policy -- Recent innovations -- Limitations of the IB Diploma Programme -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix: Diploma Programme schools by country -- 4 The French baccalaureates -- The Baccalaureat, a national symbol
The Baccalaureat, a reflection of the democratization of educationThe history of the Baccalaureat in France -- An overview of all baccalaureates -- The general baccalaureate pathway -- Bac L (literary baccalaureate) -- Bac ES (economic and social baccalaureate) -- Bac S (scientific baccalaureate) -- The technical baccalaureate pathway -- Bac STT (sciences et technologies tertiaires, or tertiary sciences and technologies) -- Bac STI (sciences et technologies industrielles, or industrial sciences and technologies)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on the contributors -- Series editors� foreword -- Introduction -- Breadth -- Coherence -- Inclusion -- Progression -- Internationalism -- References -- 1 The resistance to reform: from Crowther to Curriculum 2000 -- Introduction -- Crowther and the concept of subject-mindedness -- The quest for breadth in the post-Crowther years -- The growth of vocational alternatives -- The Higginson Report and its aftermath -- Steps towards unification: the concept of a core curriculum

Developing breadth and balance: a British BaccalaureateThe pre-Dearing context: further proposals for a unified curriculum -- The Dearing Report and its legacy -- References -- 2 Towards a structural typology for baccalaureate-style curricula -- Defining a baccalaureate -- Approaching a classification through values and aims -- Approaching a classification through inputs and outcomes -- A review of existing baccalaureate-style programmes -- Essential characteristics of baccalaureate systems -- The baccalaureate as a school-leaving examination

Admission to higher educationBreadth and balance -- Encyclopaedism and essentialism -- Academic and vocational dimensions -- Balance in assessment -- A common experience -- Types of option group -- Types of common core -- Summary -- Towards a structural typology -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The International Baccalaureate -- Introduction -- The origins of the IB -- The IB model -- Group 1: first language -- Group 2: second language -- Group 3: individuals and societies -- Group 4: experimental sciences

Group 5: mathematics and computer scienceGroup 6: the arts -- Objectives of the IB Diploma Programme -- The student experience -- An international higher education qualification -- Recognition -- Performance of IB students in higher education -- Contribution to education/social policy -- Recent innovations -- Limitations of the IB Diploma Programme -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix: Diploma Programme schools by country -- 4 The French baccalaureates -- The Baccalaureat, a national symbol

The Baccalaureat, a reflection of the democratization of educationThe history of the Baccalaureat in France -- An overview of all baccalaureates -- The general baccalaureate pathway -- Bac L (literary baccalaureate) -- Bac ES (economic and social baccalaureate) -- Bac S (scientific baccalaureate) -- The technical baccalaureate pathway -- Bac STT (sciences et technologies tertiaires, or tertiary sciences and technologies) -- Bac STI (sciences et technologies industrielles, or industrial sciences and technologies)

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