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UniversitiesandtheIBBryanston school25th November

2016PeterFidczuk

IBUKDevelopmentandRecognitionManagerPeter.fidczuk@ibo.org

WhatdoEmployerswant?

CBIEducationandSkillsSurvey2013

WhatdoEmployerswant?CBIEducation&SkillsSurvey2013

WhatdoUniversitieswant?

• Enthusiasmforhigherlevellearning• Enthusiasmfortheirchosensubject• Subjectknowledge• Cognitiveandaffectiveskills

ResearchbyDrHarrietJones,UniversityofEastAngliahasshownthatthetransitiontoHEisaproblemforsomestudentsastheyhavethefollowingproblems:

• Forgottenmuchsubjectknowledge• Lackabilitytoinquire• Lackabilitytoreadextendedtexts• Lackabilitytoselectsourcesandextractrelevantmaterial

Cognitiveskills• Analysing• Synthesising• Criticalthinking• Evaluating• Problemsolving• Inquiringmind• Intellectualinsight• Innovation• Argumentconstruction• Intellectualrisk

Affectiveskills

• Persistenceandperseverance

• Focusandconcentration,overcomingdistractions

• Self-motivation

• Managinganxiety– copingwithexamsanddeadlines

• Delayinggratification– lookingtothelongerterm

• Managingimpulsivenessandanger

• Developingresilience

Attitudestolearning

• The IB learner profile is the IB mission statement translated into a set of learning outcomes for the 21st century

• As IB learners we strive to be:– inquirers– knowledgeable– thinkers– communicators– principled– open-minded– caring– risk-takers– balanced– reflective

IBlearnerprofile

TheIBDiploma

TheIBDPisaBaccalaureate–developsabreadthofsubjectsandskills

3subjectsstudiedatHigherlevel,equivalenttoALevel

3subjectsstudiedatStandardLevel,equivalenttoASLevel

SkillsdevelopingCore

Allcoursesarelinear,likethereformedALevels

Allcoursesincludeinternalassessment,unlikethereformedALevels

SubjectGroupsChoose1fromeachofgroups1to5– Group1– LanguageA,EnglishLiterature,Language&LiteratureorLiterature&Performance

– Group2– LanguageB(languageacquisition)– Group3– Humanities– Group4– Sciences(includingComputerScience)– Group5– Mathematics

The6th subjectisan‘elective’– Group6(Optional)- Arts– OrasecondsubjectfromGroups2,3,4or5

SomeExamplesPathwaytomedicine:– HLBiology,Chemistry,Psychology– SLEnglishALiterature,SpanishB,Maths

Pathwaytoeconomics:– HLEconomics,Maths,History– SLBiology,EnglishALiterature,JapaneseAbInitio

PathwaytoEnglish– HLEnglishALiterature,Philosophy,History– SLEnvironmentalSystems,MathematicalStudies,Spanish

LevelsandPoints• StandardLevel– broadlysimilartoASlevel• Higherlevel–broadlysimilartoAlevel• Usually3@HLand3@SL• Eachassessedona1to7scale• Total42points+3forCore=45max(201in2016)

•Worldaverage30.0•UKaverage34.7

TheIBDiplomaCore

TheoryofKnowledge(gradedA-E)

4000wordExtendedEssay(gradedA-E)

Creativity,Action&Service

TheoryofKnowledgeInTOKweexploresomekeyquestionsrelatedtohowknowledgeisdevelopedandused• Howdoweknow?• Whatistruthindifferentsubjects?• Whataffectsourdevelopmentofknowledge?• Isiteverpossibletobecertain?

SampleTOKQuestions• Thereisnosuchthingasaneutralquestion.Evaluatethis

statementwithreferencetotwoareasofknowledge.• ‘Throughdifferentmethodsofjustification,wecanreach

conclusionsinethicsthatareaswell-supportedasthoseprovidedinmathematics.’Towhatextentwouldyouagree?

• “Thereareonlytwowaysinwhichhumankindcanproduceknowledge:throughpassiveobservationorthroughactiveexperiment.”Towhatextentdoyouagreewiththisstatement?

• Usinghistoryandatleastoneotherareaofknowledge,examinetheclaimthatitispossibletoattainknowledgedespiteproblemsofbiasandselection.

TheExtendedEssay

• Researchproject• Inquiryiscentral– askingaquestionandthenansweringit

• Teachersupported• Extendedpieceofwriting• Structuredargumentcentral• Mustdemonstrateinquiry,research,investigation,argument,analysis,evaluation

• Developscognitiveskills

TheExtendedEssay• WhatarethekeyfactorsJohnWilliamsemploystocreatean

originalsoundtrackthatisaurallyappealingandaskilfulunderscore?

• CaptainCorelli’sMandolin:towhatextentistherearelationshipbetweencultureandidentity?

• Isartificialintelligencerealintelligence?Ananalysisofinternetsystemsandalgorithmsbehindthem.

• CantherebeanymoraljustificationforthewarinIraq?

• TowhatextentcanthedefenceofThermopylaeandArtemisiumbeseenasaturningpointinthePersianWars?

• TowhatextentisCillit Bangsafetouse?

CreativityAction*Service(CAS)

• ExperientialLearning• About150hoursoverthecourseoftwoyears• Mustbecompletedand6learningoutcomessatisfiedtopassthediploma

• Changesstudents’perceptionsandtakesthemoutoftheircomfortzone

• Developsaffectiveskills• *fromthisyearActivityreplacesAction

CASlearningoutcomes

• identifiedownstrengthsanddevelopareasforgrowth• demonstratethatchallengeshavebeenundertaken,developingnewskillsintheprocess• demonstratehowtoplanandinitiateaCASactivity• demonstratetheskillsandrecognisethebenefitsofworkingcollaboratively• showcommitmenttoandperseveranceinCASexperiences• demonstrateengagementwithissuesofglobalsignificance• recogniseandconsidertheethicsofchoicesandactions

Anyquestions?

Universities’PerceptionsoftheDiploma

WhatdoUniversitiessay?OxfordcommentsattheIBSCAHEConference2014

IBisa“greatqualification”asitis:• Challenging• Offersaglobalperspective• Integratedprogramme• Interdisciplinary• developsessaywritingskills• ExtendedEssayisanextendedpieceofwritingdevelopinginquiry,independentstudyskillsandresearchskills• TOKdevelopstheskillofcriticalanalysis

UKHEEntryRequirementsTheIBDiplomaiswelcomedbyallUKuniversitiesSomeexamplesofoffersthisyear:

– Cambridge,NaturalScience40+776@HL– UCL,History39+19@HL– LSE,Economics38+766@HL(7Ma)– Oxford,English38+766@HL(7En)– Durham,LiberalArts,38– Exeter,Psychology36– Bristol,Philosophy36+18points@HL– KingsCollegeLondon,Medicine35+666@HL– Kent,Mathematics34+6HLMa– Birmingham,Law32+666@HL– Birmingham,Medicine32+766@HL– Aberdeen,Geography32+555@HL– Southampton,EnvironmentalScience32– CanterburyChristChurch,ParamedicScience28– Gloucestershire,LandscapeArchitecture26

20mostpopularIBUniversities

2012 2013TheUniversityofEdinburgh 1999 2044UniversityCollegeLondon 1833 1919UniversityofExeter 1270 1606TheUniversityofWarwick 1369 1337UniversityofBristol 1096 1316King'sCollegeLondon 1139 1247TheUniversityofNottingham 1311 1226DurhamUniversity 1207 1223LSE:LondonSch ofEconomics 922 1054TheUniversityofKent 962 1039TheUniversityofManchester 939 987OxfordUniversity 916 938UniversityofBath 827 935QueenMary,UniversityofLondon 755 925UniversityofStAndrews 838 874UniversityofSouthampton 888 843ImperialCollegeLondon 729 738UniversityofCambridge 777 735UniversityofLeeds 785 712UniversityofGlasgow 526 698

OfferratesforIBUKstudents

2013IBofferrate 2013allquals offerrateTheUniversityofEdinburgh 58 37UniversityCollegeLondon 57 48UniversityofExeter 90 81TheUniversityofWarwick 78 64UniversityofBristol 68 55King'sCollegeLondon 72 39TheUniversityofNottingham 81 62DurhamUniversity 66 56LSE:LondonSch ofEconomics 26 24TheUniversityofKent 99 83

TheUniversityofManchester 84 60OxfordUniversity 29 25UniversityofBath 84 74

QueenMary,UniversityofLondon 82 60UniversityofStAndrews 59 44UniversityofSouthampton 87 63ImperialCollegeLondon 61 46UniversityofCambridge 40 31UniversityofLeeds 80 64UniversityofGlasgow 82 58

2016ConfirmedIBPlaces(820destinations)

NoofconfirmedplacesTheUniversityofEdinburgh 15UniversityCollegeLondon 32UniversityofExeter 44TheUniversityofWarwick 42UniversityofBristol 26King'sCollegeLondon 26TheUniversityofNottingham 47DurhamUniversity 39LSE:LondonSch ofEconomics 6TheUniversityofKent 24TheUniversityofManchester 36OxfordUniversity 24UniversityofBath 17QueenMary,UniversityofLondon 20UniversityofStAndrews 5UniversityofSouthampton 20ImperialCollegeLondon 11UniversityofCambridge 28UniversityofLeeds 26UniversityofGlasgow 2UniversityofBirmingham 43LoughboroughUniversity 25

2016ConfirmedIBPlaces- subjects

Subject Number Subject NumberHistory 39 SocialSciences 11

Languages 33 Mathematics 10Psychology 46 Politics 17Economics 46 Classics 9Medicine 67 Biochemistry 8English 25 Pharmacy 20

Engineering 44 Physics 8Law 46 PPE 11

BiomedicalScience 18 Dentistry 6

BiologicalSciences 28 Art/Design 8Business 55 Architecture 8Geography 33 SportsScience 7

ComputerScience 22 Nursing 7

Philosophy 24 Accounting&Finance 23

Internationalstudies/relations 17 LiberalArts 5

Chemistry 16 VeterinaryMedicine 3

IBstudentsinUKHigherEducation

• 2%ofallapplicantstoUCASholdIBqualifications• TopuniversitiesdisproportionatelyrecruitIBstudents:

o Oxford6%ofY1UGsin2015o Bath6%o Exeter7%o ImperialCollegeLondon10%o UniversityCollegeLondon13%o KingsCollege,London16%(includingNursing),20%(excludingNursing)

Entry to Higher Education overseas

ThefollowingDirectorsofUndergraduateAdmissionhavesharedthefollowing:

MarilynLewisofHarvardstatedthat, “IBiswellknowntousforitsexcellentpreparations.SuccessinanIBprogramcorrelateswellwithsuccessatHarvard. WearealwayspleasedtoseethecredentialsoftheIBDiplomaProgrammeonthetranscript.”

MarileeJonesoftheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologysuggested,“SenduspreparedstudentsalaIB...Itisthe‘best’highschoolprepcurriculumanAmericanschoolcanoffer.”

EntrytoHigherEducationoverseas

• Columbia• Harvard• Stanford• Yale• Rutgers• Chicago• Duke• CarnegieMellon• WilliamPenn• NorthCarolina• WestMichigan• McGill,Canada• ICU,Tokyo• HokkaidoUniversity• UniversidadAutónoma deMadrid• Esade,RamonLlull University,Barcelona• UniversityofZaragoza

• TrinityCollege,Dublin• StGallen,Switzerland• Sapienza,UniversityofRome• IstitutoItalianodiFotografia,Milan• BocconiUniversity• Bologna• Turin• ErasmusUniversity,Rotterdam• Hogeschool,Rotterdam• HagueUniversityofAppliedSciences• Maastricht• Amsterdam• Budapest• ParisInstituteofPoliticalSciences• Shanghai• DeakinUniversity,Melbourne

ThefollowinguniversitieshaveacceptedIBstudentsfromtheUKin2014-2016:

DiplomaMyths• DiplomastudentshavedifficultygettingtoHE• Diplomastudentscan’taccessmedicinecoursesbecausetheycan’tstudytriplescience• IfastudentfailsasubjecttheyfailtheDiploma• It’stoohard• It’sonlysuitableforthemostacademicstudents

ConclusionUniversitiesvalueDiplomastudentsastheyare:• HEready•Wellorganised•Wellskilled• Rarely‘fail’• Abletocopewithintensecourses

THANKYOUPeter.fidczuk@ibo.org