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Schools Across Frontiers: The Story of the International Baccalaureate and the United World Colleges Paperback – 25 Oct. 2011

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This is the story of two initiatives in international education, one originating in Switzerland, the other in Britain, but both now established in most countries of the world, including especially the United States and U.S. schools overseas. The International baccalaureate (IB) is a college entrance examination which can be taken in any country and is recognized by universities in any country. Adoption of the IB curriculum in a school ensures tht the school is brought up to international standards. Currently, for example, nearly 400 U.S. schools offer the IB, and the number is rapidly growing.
The United World Colleges (UWC) are a chain of schools in many countires, where young people of all nations and backgrounds can live and learn together. There are now ten United World Colleges, each drawing students from all over the world. Schools Across Frontiers is an inspiring, sometimes amusing, highly personal and anecdotal history of the IB and the UWC by the late Alec Peterson, who played a pioneering role in forming them. This second edition has additional chapters by Ian Hill and David Sutcliffe, bringing the story of the IB and the UWC up to date.

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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.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Court; Second edition (25 Oct. 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 414 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0812697618
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0812697612
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 2.54 x 22.61 cm

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This is a very interesting personal history of the founding and growth of the International Baccalaureate and the United World Colleges. It details the initial struggles, and subsequent explosive popularity of the International Baccalaureate program, and the educational philosophies that makes it so popular. It has been updated to about 2002, though these updated chapter miss out on the personal tone of the founding history.

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