International Baccalaureate Programming
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
International Baccalaureate (IB) programming challenges students to be successful in school, prepare for post-secondary education and be an active lifelong learner in a global society.
GOALS
- Develop academic skills in a challenging learning environment
- Gain transferable and lifelong skills in applied knowledge, critical thinking, communication and cross-cultural engagement
- Create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural respect and understanding
- Career-related learning
BENEFITS
- Improved ability to question, seek answers and make discoveries
- Improved ability to handle rigorous and advanced coursework
- Improved ability to research, analyze and present arguments
- Development of independence and responsibility for learning
- Improved understanding of using different approaches to learning and understanding concepts
- Awareness of and sensitivity to different cultures
- Practical, real-world approaches to learning
- Development of skills and competencies required for lifelong learning
- Development of a sense of international mindedness
PROGRAM TYPES
Edmonton Public Schools offers a variety of IB programs, each delivered in their own way, offered at various schools:
ALBERTA CURRICULUM
All Edmonton Public Schools programming is based on curriculum determined by Alberta Education. Students enrolled in International Baccalaureate programming will receive the same high-quality education offered in all of our programs.
