Impact and Benefit of an IB Diploma from the Graduate's Perspective

Audience: Diploma Programme
Audience: Research
Session: Block 2: Friday 2:00 to 3:15, Room: Pacific M

This session presents findings from a follow-up study to "Student Perceptions of the International Baccalaureate Program: A First-Year Perspective," which was completed in 2003 with students enrolled in the Diploma Programme. The new study aims to investigate how graduates perceive the impact of the Diploma Programme on their educational careers. Students were asked 50 questions measuring their perception of programme rigor, the development of written and oral skills, and critical and creative thinking skills. Responses were tabulated and compared across programme structures.


Emily Tarver, MYP Coordinator; Instructor, LSU Laboratory School

Emily Trabona Tarver is currently the Middle Years Programme and Personal Project Coodinator at the Louisiana Statue University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. with a focus on Diploma Programme research.


Organization website: http://www.uhigh.lsu.edu

Albert Camburn, Principal, LSU Laboratory School

Rita Culross, , Louisiana State University

Rita R. Culross, Ph.D. is the Jo Ellen Levy Yates Professor of Education at Louisiana State University, where she teaches courses in Creative Behavior and Counseling the Gifted and supervises the Gifted Practicum. Her scholarly interests are in the developmental potential of creative scientists, twice-exceptional students, underachieving gifted students, and counseling the gifted. A licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist, she has more than 30 years experience in gifted education.