Global Dreams, Enduring Tensions
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- ISBN 9781433107375
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 150 x 225mm
- Publication Date: 16 Oct 2009
- Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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With the intensification of globalization, there is a growing consensus that «international education has come of age». This book examines how the changing conditions of the present have given rise to an altered set of meanings and uses for international education, using the International Baccalaureate (IB) as its focal point. Currently adopted in over 2,500 private and state-run schools in 134 countries around the world, the IB has far surpassed the expectations of its founders, who struggled under considerable challenges in the 1960s to develop an internationally recognized diploma for university entrance. From its beginnings to its current prominence, the history of the IB richly illuminates the shifting meanings, uses, challenges, and progressive openings of international education in a global age. Documenting the ideals, goals, and complications faced by the IB movement, this book will be relevant to individuals interested in the IB in particular, as well as to those interested in the broader areas of global studies, progressive pedagogy, educational change, and globalization.
The Author: Paul Tarc is Assistant Professor in International Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. He has taught in international and state schools in Ecuador, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Canada.
