Purposeful conversation moves students from passive listeners to active learners. IB World magazine investigates how students’ classroom conversations encourage collaboration and strengthen problem solving and critical thinking skills
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Helping your children through exams
In the final article of the series, IB World magazine looks at how parents can support their children through the IB Diploma Programme exams
How the IB Learner Profile shapes my life
Students aren’t leaving the IB Learner Profile at the door when class finishes; they are applying the attributes at home too, as they explain to IB World magazine
How do you use the last five minutes?
IB World Magazine investigates the importance of the ‘last five minutes’ in class, and finds out how you can make the most of this time
A room with a view to learning
Does your classroom encourage creativity, or stifle it? IB World magazine investigates how a student’s environment affects their learning
How do you identify bullying?
In the second article in a series discussing bullying, IB World magazine looks at how student-led strategies are helping IB World Schools raise empathy and tackle bullying
Susan’s classroom of the future
IB World magazine talks to Susan Park, IB Diploma Programme student and the winning illustrator of the September 2015 issue’s front cover
Nurturing the cultural foundations of all students
IB World magazine investigates the ways in which IB World Schools have integrated a successful Mother Tongue (MT) programme, and offers tips to help schools set up their own
Every student is heard
From appointing a new school director to buying playground equipment, IB World magazine looks at the integral role student councils have within schools
Inspiring tomorrow’s entrepreneurs
IB Diploma Programme student Robert Whittaker tells IB World magazine about his experience at the 2015 IB World Student Conference
In the pursuit of education
An IB Diploma Programme student tells IB World magazine how helping others achieve their dreams has fine-tuned her own skills
“Bullying should be an international conversation”
It’s an issue that affects almost all children in some way. In the first of a series of articles discussing ‘bullying’, IB World magazine investigates its effects, what adults and students can do to combat it, and how a school in Sweden has used the IB Learner Profile to help
When education overcomes conflict
Everybody is different, and while we celebrate and embrace difference, this also means that disagreements can occasionally arise. IB World magazine explores how teachers can help their students make sense of conflict
The ways students maintain a healthy study-life balance
Last month, IB World magazine spoke to teachers about how they maintain a healthy work-life balance. Now, we’ve asked IB Diploma Programme students how they divide their time between studies and a social life…
The global search for education: A global education for all
George Rupp was recently appointed as the Chair of the IB Board of Governors. He has served as Dean of Harvard Divinity School and as President of Rice University, Columbia University, and the International Rescue Committee. Read The Global Search for Education interview where Rupp shares his insights into the future of education and the […]