2. “Secondary level education should provided effective
preparation for those proceeding the academic or
professional tertiary education as well as for those
entering the world of work either as trainees, wage
employees or as self employed entrepreneurs while
inculcating the social skills for productive and peace life in
todays interdependent communities. Such an education
must necessarily compromise a harmonious balance of
academic disciplines, generic practical and social skills
and civic responsibility”
UNESCO - 2005
3. Aims of IBCC
More inclusive than the DP
Responds to the IB mission statement
Fills a gap in international education
Reduces the “academic vs vocational” divide
Read P 3 to 4 in overview of the IBCC
4. Consists of :
At least 2 DP cources
IBCC Core:
-language development (50 hours)
-approaches to learning (50 hours)
-reflective project (40 hours)
Career related studies
5. The IBCC core should:
Empower students to be self directed
Challenge students to set and meet goals
Develop adaptability and practical as well as intellectual
skills
Involve students authentically in „making a difference‟
Engage students in cycle of „learn, plan, act, reflect‟
6. Approaches to learning
course
Students must participate in a course that emphasize
critical thinking, personal and interpersonal development,
problem solving and the acquisition of practical skills
7. Community and service
Students must liaise with members of the community and
undertake unpaid and voluntary activities that help the
community and that have a learning benefit to the student.
The rights, dignity and autonomy of all those involved are
respected
9. Reflective project
Students must plan and create a project that draws
together key aspects of their studies, including the career
related study, approaches to learning and community
service
10. The DP subjects
Can be either HL and /or SL
Can be chosen form any group and even same group
Limited to one mathematics course
Permitted to study one DP course online
One SL can be a one year course, but not both
Pilot DP courses are excluded
Must examine in both courses
11. Career related studies
requirements
A two year study of sufficient size to complement the
IBCC in students timetable
Accredited by:
1, a local, state or national authority or government or
2, recognized as an entry level course into a university or
higher educational institution or
3, validated by an appropriate employer organization or
professional body.
12. Career related studies must
be….
Subject to a demonstrable form of external assessment or
quality assurances additional to internal teacher
assessment – reviewed at least every five years
At a level appropriate to the chosen pathway or the
student. ( grade or level appropriate )
13.
14.
15. Offers progression
opportunities
The IBCC core and career studies are designed to
provide the student with
Employment skills to be able to move directly into chosen
field
Apprenticeship or on the job training in career field of
studies
Further education opportunities at educational institutions
that specialize in the chosen field of study
Access to higher education – universities and colleges
16. Links with the MYP
International Dimension – view studies in a broad global
context
Intercultural learning – understand own culture to help
understand and embrace other cultures on people
Ethical education – develop own identities and beliefs to
be able t think, feel and act through ethical issues
17. Road map reflection
Two things to reflect on!
1, Have my perceptions of the IBCC changed?
“ I used to think………….
Now I know………….”
2, How might the implementation of the IBCC impact our
school?
