As more and more foreigners flood into other first-and second-tier cities such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou to work, foreign parents have to send their children to international schools. The following is my analysis of IB international courses. I hope everyone will look carefully!
The status of 1. IB: IBO, 1968 was established in Geneva, Switzerland, organizing, managing and designing IB courses. At present, IB courses are offered in 3643 schools in 46 countries around the world. As of August 20 13, there are 75 authorized IB schools in China.
2。 Courses:
What we usually refer to as IB mainly refers to the IB High School Diploma Program (IBDP), which lasts for two years and is aimed at 16- 19 high school students. In addition, the IBO Diploma Organization also provides IB primary school (PYP, G 1-5) and IB secondary school courses (MYP, G6- 10), but the number of schools that award elementary and junior high school courses is far less than that that that award IBDP.
All students in the IBDP diploma program must choose one course in six prescribed subject groups, including three senior grades and three junior grades. The maximum score for each subject is 7 points, plus 3 points for extended papers (EE) and knowledge papers (TOK), the total score for IBDP is 45 points.
IBDP students not only have to study professional courses in liberal arts, science and even art, but also have a lot of time to finish various papers and participate in social activities, so IB requires students' learning ability to be very high.
3。 Course difficulty:
Although IB as a whole feels difficult, every subject is the simplest because IB knowledge is systematic. Statistics show that the high score rate of IB is higher than that of A-LEVEL.
4。 Evaluation method:
There are two kinds of student assessment: internal assessment and external assessment. After two years of high school courses, I finally took the global unified exam. What does this mean? External evaluation? Generally, each subject has three papers, the first one is multiple-choice questions, the second one is questions and experiments, and the last one is optional content. The percentage of the correct rate of the last three papers is converted into 7 points and 6 points.
What needs to be explained here is that not every student can take the IB diploma exam. The school will advise students to choose certificate examination or diploma examination according to their previous situation. After all, IB courses have a high elimination rate.
5。 University application for accreditation:
UBC has done a comparative analysis of IB freshmen and Canadian high school diploma freshmen (attached figure1); Cambridge University also made an analysis of 20 13 IB students (attached figure 2), and agreed that IB students' scores were relatively better than those who entered the university through other courses. At present, more and more universities around the world accept IB students, and many universities implement credit reward system for IB students.
6.FAQ frequently asked questions:
Q 1。 How many IB schools are there in China?
A: As of August 16, 2065438, 75 IB schools in China have been authorized. Among them, there are 29 PYP schools, 22 MYP schools and 63 DP schools.
Q2. Without going to IB school, can I teach myself and register for the exam?
A: No. IBO is strictly managed. Every school has rules, and every student has rules. You can't register for the exam yourself. You must study and take the exam in a school authorized by IB.
Q 3. Which children are suitable for IB courses? Which stage of IB course is good?
A: IB is suitable for excellent students who are good at managing and using time; Suitable for students with high English ability.
Students who want to take IB courses should try to start from primary school. Unless English is particularly good, students are not advised to take IB courses after Weibo graduated from senior high school entrance examination.
Question 4. I didn't do well in the big exam. Can I retake the exam?
A: Yes. IB retakes candidates.
Generally speaking, such courses are becoming more and more popular in China. About IB, it may be the course that can best adapt to college life after going to college, but there are also many students who respond to IB because the course is too difficult to adapt to, and then turn to A-LEVEL. As far as these three courses are concerned, IB and A-LEVEL scores are recognized by most countries in the world, except that AP courses are only suitable for the United States. Nowadays, the competition among world-famous universities is becoming more and more fierce. Achievement is not the only bargaining chip in applying for a university, but the students' own abilities in all aspects are the aspects that make the examiner pay more attention to in the application. So you need to choose the most suitable course according to your actual situation. Of course, language scores such as TOEFL and IELTS are also essential!
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