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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE IN KEN-TON
2017 update
NUMBER OF DIPLOMA PROGRAM SCHOOLS
IB Americas 1664 IB Africa, Europe & the Middle East 870 IB Asia Pacific 502
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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE IN KEN-TON 2017 update NUMBER OF DIPLOMA PROGRAM SCHOOLS IB Africa, Europe & the Middle East IB Americas 870 1664 IB Asia Pacific 502 3,110 Diploma Program schools in 150 countries THE IB DP IN NEW YORK
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THE IB DP IN NEW YORK STATE
51 Schools have the IB Diploma Programme
- 18 member schools in the WNY IB Consortium
- ONLY 3 IB World Schools in Erie County
- City Honors Buffalo (1989)
- Kenmore West (2011)
- Kenmore East (2012)
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Curriculum contains
SIX
SUBJECT GROUPS and a
THREE
PART CORE
THE IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
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BENEFITS TO STUDENTS: WRITING SKILLS
Most IB assessments are writing-based
- Only a handful of Multiple Choice
questions To prepare for these assessments, writing skills are stressed across the IB curriculum
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BENEFITS TO STUDENTS: RESEARCH SKILLS
Extended essay
- 4,000 word research paper
- Topic of student’s choice
- 2 years of work
- School sets internal deadlines to help with process
Internal Assessments in classes
- Library skills developed across curriculum
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BENEFITS TO STUDENTS: CRITICAL THINKING
Theory of Knowledge (TOK)
- Epistemology
- How do we know?
- What is the difference between knowing the
truth in math and in history?
- TOK connects to all other IB classes, and all
- ther classes connect to TOK