Current Project

Evaluation of the International Baccalaureate Career-related Certificate (IBCC) pilot

The International Baccalaureate Career-related Certificate (IBCC) is a new IB initiative (not a new IB programme), that aims to work with, and support, schools and colleges that wish to add an international dimension to their vocational offerings.

Past Projects

Practitioner research project (2004 to 2006)

This project looked at ways to support practitioners who were engaged in research, and how they could be enabled to carry out their research in a more effective way. The main focus was a study of the research needs of teachers, administrators and support staff working in schools.

Interactive intergenerational learning project (2003–2005)

Intergenerational work offers rich opportunities not only for experiential learning but also for students to explore new roles. IB Research Team is currently conducting an inquiry into what students learn as a result of participating in such activities.

Internationalism self-assessment project  (2003–2004)

The International School Association invited IB Research Team to collaborate on a project to evaluate the implementation of the internationalism self-assessment instrument, which aims to help schools evaluate their philosophy and curriculum.

School–university transition project (2003-2005)

Since its foundation, the International Baccalaureate (IB) has made a number of statements concerning the characteristics gained by students as a consequence of successful participation in the Diploma Programme. Prominent among these have been claims pertaining to the potential for high academic achievement in tertiary level study, the acquisition of skills associated with “learning how to learn” and the development of “international-mindedness” emergent from the overall experience of undertaking the programme. The International Baccalaureate Council of Foundation therefore commissioned the IB research team to investigate these claims.

Finland distance teaching project (2002–2004)

In 2001 the IB authorized a pilot project that was proposed by Oulun Lyseo, Finland, an established IB World School, to provide the Diploma Programme to a partner school, Rovaniemen Lyseonpuinston lukio, by distance teaching.