IBDP @

VKE

Getting to know the Diploma Programme

Saturday, 3rd July 2010

Why is the IB Diploma Programme the right

choice?

The IBDP prepares students for a lifetime of success -

Methodology and Curriculum Inquiry –

•The IBDP enhances the National Curriculum

Students learn to extract knowledge from everyday experiences

Research skills, application of knowledge to real life situations, storing and using information

Techniques of learning – an important tool

Competitive Fields –

•IBDP students are ready to face all kinds of assessments

•Format of Competitive Exams

•IB supports Indian students in Exam schedules

Further Studies –

•Indian Universities ready for IBDP students

•IB result format understood and accepted

•IB supports the request for results in percentages

•Abroad – students benefit from extra credits

Careers –

•Global leaders - ready to lead the world anywhere

•Element of Service through CAS

•Appreciating differences – respecting cultures – Theory of Knowledge

A closer look at the Diploma Programme

Objectives of the IB Diploma Programme

•To develop - • an ability to structure ideas and arguments, both orally

and in writing, in a logical, sustained and persuasive way,

• understand and respond appropriately to written and spoken material

• express ideas with clarity and fluency

• invites comparisons between, but not judgments of, different cultures, political systems and national traditions.

• explores the interactions between humans and their environment in time, space and place

• Demonstrate the personal skills of cooperation, perseverance and responsibility

Subjects in the Diploma Program

Group 1 - Language A1 – EnglishGroup 2 - Second Language – Hindi; French ab initioGroup 3 - Individuals and Societies – Economics;

Business & Management; HistoryGroup 4 - Experimental Sciences – Biology, Chemistry, Physics, ESSGroup 5 - Mathematics and Computer ScienceGroup 6 - The Arts – Visual Arts

Unless mentioned all subjects are available as HL and SL

Core - ToK, CAS, Extended Essay

• Most of the DP subjects in the IBDP are offered at 2 Levels

• – Standard Level (SL): Teaching time of150 hours.

• – Higher Level (HL): Teaching time of 240 hours.

• For a Diploma all students have to choose 6 subjects

• - 3 at HL

• - 3 at SL

• Compulsory Core – Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay, CAS

IB Assessment Pattern

Internal Assessment: Conducted under the guidance of the IB teachers at School, marked at School and sent to IB for moderation.

External Assessment: Year–end IB Board Exam, all scripts are sent to the IB for marking.