General Interest, Block 7: Sunday 11:00 to 12:30
Room: Michigan A and B
presented by Marion Pittman-Couch, Head of School, Paisley IB Magnet School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Marion Pittman-Couch, Head of Paisley IB Magnet School, will pick up where her general session left off, facilitating a dialogue about the approach of IB for All. This session will give members of the IB community a chance to discuss issues and share ideas with Mrs Pittman-Couch, covering a broad range of topics including how to become a more effective educator using the tools provided through the structure of the IB Middle Years Programme.
Room: Arkansas
presented by Nathaniel L. Mills, Director of Peace Education, Coeus International School
Unless we actively teach our children peace, are they at risk of learning violence? Through interactive inquiry-based discussion, Coeus International School's Director of Peace Education will introduce participants to the invaluable role peace education can play in educating for our shared future. Participants will learn how studying the people, perspectives and pedagogy of peace can create cultural bridges in diverse communities. Coeus will share its efforts to establish an innovative Peace Studies curriculum at the MYP level, as an integral part of its MYP humanities program and a pre-cursor to a Peace Studies subject at the Diploma Programme levels.
Room: Erie
presented by Cassie Meyer, Outreach Education & Training Coordinator, Interfaith Youth Core
Noah Silverman, Curriculum and Product Development Coordinator, Interfaith Youth Core
Young people from different religious backgrounds are coming into contact with one another with increasing frequency. This interaction tends in one of two directions: conflict or cooperation. Cassie Meyer and Noah Silverman will introduce Interfaith Youth Core’s unique shared-values and service learning approach to building cooperation across religious differences through video and discussion; the workshop will feature the stories of the dynamic young people who are leading this work, explore Interfaith Youth Core’s “Sacred Stories” curriculum, and discuss how this work is relevant to the classroom.
Room: Mississippi
presented by John T W Hayton, Counselor (Education, Science and Training), Australian Embassy
Mike Woods, Education Counselor, New Zealand Ministry of Education
Amy Deppe, Senior Coordinator, Full Degree, AustraLearn
This session will examine how IB programmes are implemented in Australia and New Zealand compared to North America. Representatives from Australian Education International and New Zealand's Ministry of Education will give an overview of their respective countries' education systems and how the IB works in practice at primary, middle and diploma years. A representative from AustraLearn will present on university recognition policies in both countries. The session will cover topics including common issues and challenges, opportunities for growth, recognition of the IB Diploma at Australian and New Zealand universities, and global student mobility.
Room: Huron
presented by Andy Fletcher, President and CEO, Life, the Universe and Everything, Inc
The hostile debate over evolution and creationism rages, creating a gulf between people of faith and people of science. It's not a trivial debate, as questions such as stem cells, global warming, alternative energy, cloning, biotechnology and more are debated, the gap turns from benign to threatening. Science seems to have declared itself to be anti-God and religion has declared itself to be anti-science. Is there a way for science and religion to co-exist in a scientific and educational context? The answer seems to be yes, but both sides need to expand their worldviews within the context of pure science itself.
Room: Ontario
presented by Jeffrey R. Beard, Director General, International Baccalaureate
Boyd Roberts, IB Community Theme Project Director, International Baccalaureate
IB Director General Jeff Beard and his leadership team have worked to implement the three core areas of the IB Strategic Plan for managing growth - Quality, Access and Infrastructure. This session will provide updates on progress in these areas around the world, plus information on what is happening in research and highlights of activities in the regions. In addition, this session will introduce the concept of the triennial theme, Sharing Our Humanity. The Council of Foundation adopted the theme in April 2007. The idea is that IB will be embracing an overarching theme, each for a period of three years, to give a focus for IB World Schools (that chose to participate) for their own work (and to link with other schools) on global issues within the classroom, special projects and in service. The Project Director for the IB community theme will join the Director General for the session.
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