Schools Across Frontiers The Story of the International Baccalaureate and the United World Colleges

by Peterson, A. D. C.

• ISBN13: 9780812697612
• ISBN10: 0812697618
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-25
• Publisher: Open Court

Summary

This book is the story of two initiatives in international education that have swept the world.

Author Biography

A. D. C. Peterson (1908-1988) was an expert on comparative education, the author of numerous books on education, and the recipient of the Order of the British Empire and an Honorary Doctor of Pedagogy at the Univesity of Trieste.

Table of Contents

Foreword by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales	p. vii
Preface to the Second Edition	p. ix
Preface to the First Edition	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Glossary	p. xv
The Founding of Atlantic College	p. 1
The Founding of the International Baccalaureate	p. 15
From Educational Aims to a Curriculum and Examination	p. 33
The Six-Year Experiment with the International Baccalaureate	p. 61
Mountbatten and the Expansion of the United World Colleges	p. 99
The International Baccalaureate in North America	p. 131
The Second Decade and Today	p. 161
Some Issues for the Future	p. 193
The United World Colleges in the New Millennium, by David Sutcliffe	p. 219
Phenomenal Growth of the IB, by Ian Hill	p. 239
The People Who Made the IBO, by Ian Hill	p. 281
Looking Ahead, by Ian Hill	p. 301
Schools Offering the IB Program	p. 323
Schools Offering the Middle Years Program	p. 361
Schools Offering the Primary Years Program	p. 373
Index	p. 381
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