...have been volunteering since November). All of these activities provide opportunities for us to “build community” and strengthen our ties with each other. We look forward to more of these activities in the New Year. Day & Boarding School January 7, 2012 ARE WE MEETING OUR GOALS? In the coming few weeks we will continue to review our progress in meeting our goals for the 2012-2013 school year …. Implementation of an international standardized exam Improve the resources for Early Years classrooms Implementation of the Common Core Standards in Math Accreditation by WASC Implementation of new assessment software Professional Development opportunities for teachers Implementation of an Activities Calendar Prepare to offer the IB Diploma Program in August 2013 An enrolment increase of at least 15% Curriculum Mapping (curriculum development) Implementation of the Common Core Standards in Math THE SPORTS CORNER Sports Results: October 15 November 14 November 21 December 1 Noblesse and Brightwoods tie in MS-HS soccer (2-2) Noblesse defeats Narciso School in Basketball (43-39) Kuzma defeats Noblesse in Volleyball (3-2) Volleyball: St Paul defeats Noblesse (2-1) Badminton: Noblesse defeats St. Paul (4-0) Photo above Table tennis: Noblesse defeats St. Paul (3-1) Photo above Table tennis: Noblesse defeats Narciso School (2-0) Badminton: Noblesse defeats Narciso School (2-1)...
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... which covers the final two years of high school, as well at the associated MYP (Middle Years Program) grades are given on a scale of 1-7, with 7 representing the highest level of achievement. Scores are always represented with whole numbers (i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 are the only possible grades). Because these grades do not represent percentages, but instead correspond with specific rubric requirements, one could theoretically answer 90% of questions on a given exam correctly, but still get a 5 if the 10% they missed represented crucial problems that corresponded to the 6 and 7 grade mark-bands. Additionally, each subject has slightly different ranges that correspond with different grading boundaries, making it difficult to compare IB grades with other education systems. In the MYP, a student takes several classes that are each graded on the 7-point grading scale, including a First Language, a Second Language, Humanities, Math, Science, Physical...
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...IB Diploma Programme Theory of Knowledge Essay Topic: Can we know when to trust our emotions in the pursuit of knowledge? Consider history and one other area of knowledge. Candidate Name: Akanksha Vardhan Candidate Number: 002602-064 School Name: BD Somani International School School Number: 002602 Word Count: 1597 Can we know when to trust our emotions in the pursuit of knowledge? Consider history and one other area of knowledge. Bertrand Russell, the 20th century British philosopher, once said, “Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.” [1]In our daily conquest to acquire “justified true belief”, [2]it is important that we are aware of the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ influences that contribute to the experience, the pursuit of knowledge, in a way that we are able to consciously weigh the validity of our knowledge claims. Many romantic writers and poets in the early nineteenth century emphasized the importance of emotion in making sense of the world. John Keats once said, “Axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon by our pulses” [3] referring to the superiority of our core emotions (happiness, fear, anger, surprise or even disgust) - the strong feelings deriving from our moods, circumstances or relationships with others[4], in gaining an accurate picture of the truth. However, is it possible that the ‘truth’ itself is more complex and what...
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...CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Level MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2014 series 9699 SOCIOLOGY 9699/33 Paper 3 (Social Inequality and Opportunity), maximum raw mark 75 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers. Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for Teachers. Cambridge will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2014 series for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level components and some Ordinary Level components. Page 2 1 Mark Scheme GCE A LEVEL – May/June 2014 Syllabus 9699 Paper 33 (a) Explain how the achievement of pupils may be influenced by pupil sub-cultures. [9] 0–4 A few general observations about pupils’ educational achievement, with no direct links to the question, would be worth 1 or 2 marks. A basic account of what is meant by pupil sub-culture, with no further development in relation to the question, would be placed in the higher part of the band. 5–9 Lower in the band, answers are likely to provide a basic...
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...DEBATE ABOUT IB PROGRAM How is the Diploma Programme different from other pre-university academic programmes? The Diploma Programme is a comprehensive and balanced two-year curriculum and assessment system that requires students to study courses across all disciplines. Within this structured framework, the Diploma Programme provides a great deal of flexibility, accommodating student interest and abilities. Through careful subject selection, students may tailor their course of studies to meet their needs. Regardless of the subject selection, all students explore the connections between the six major subject areas, study each subject through an international perspective, reflect critically on what it means to be a knower, pursue one subject in great detail through independent research, and have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills through local and community outreach. Assessment of student achievement happens in a variety of ways throughout the course of the two-year programme. It includes assessment of student work both by outside examiners as well as the students’ own teachers. The assessment itself undergoes careful review and moderation to ensure that a common standard is applied equally to the work of all students internationally. For these reasons, the IB Diploma is recognized by colleges and universities around the world as a superior education, preparing students to succeed at post-secondary institutions. Is a lot of extra homework...
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...school because the teachers are extremely dedicated to the students, it is also the only school in the system that has the IB program, along with AP programs and we have also have an outstanding Athletic program. Teachers are very dedicated to the students and helping them pass their grade. To help them pass, most teachers tend to have before and after school tutoring...
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...Introduction Cognitive psychology contacts with mental processes such as memory, researches have indicated that his particular cognitive process is not an exact replica of experiences, but is reconstructive. In light of this new research, experiments have tested and shown that memory may be influenced by certain units of knowledge that we have about frequently encountered people, objects or situations called “schemas.” The Schema Theory suggest that all new information interlinks withhold information represented in a schema and can influence memory. Bartlett Developed the Schema theory, which eventually became crucial in understanding how reconstructive memory works and the reliability of eyewitness testimony. He suggested that how a person remembers an event is subject to change depending on the person's cultural background and what values they were taught. Therefore, when a person remembers an event, any missing piece of information regarding that event is filled up based on their schema. He tested this in his famous „War of The Ghosts‟ experiment. This was supported by Allport and Postman, in 1947, which aimed to test the reliability of memory and the effect a person's schema has on their interpretation of an event. Loftus and Palmer Tested their hypothesis that language can alter reconstructive memory in an eyewitness testimony. Their aim was to show that leading questions can alter memory depending on its phrasing. Loftus and Palmer formed an opportunity sample...
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...older and we get into secondary school we come to realize that there is knowledge that cannot be expressed through words and symbols. The goal of the International Baccalaureate program is to make students well rounded and knowledgeable in many fields and along with that comes many requirements that other programs do not ask of their students. From my perspective knowledge that cannot be expressed in words and symbols is as important to have as knowledge that can, justifying the CAS requirements. CAS is the International Baccalaureate program’s way of teaching us what cannot be covered in books or lectures. This knowledge can be described in words but only to a certain extent. I think that CAS is a very large contributing factor to why the IB program nurtures well rounded students. CAS pushes students to seek out new activities for the purposes of gaining experiences that would have been otherwise undiscovered. I believe that the key ingredient to...
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...Course Description: Higher Level Visual Art is a two year independent study course offered during the 11th and 12th grades IB diploma program. Over two years the students are required to create a body of work reflecting their individual creativity and focus. In the spring of their senior year the students will present their work in a solo exhibition and articulate their process and ideas in a one on one interview. In addition the students are required to complete one or more Investigation Workbooks during the course that correspond to their studio work. Course Objectives: Students will: • Experiment with a variety of media and studio techniques. • Choose a specific direction and media for the focus of their work. • Work towards bringing together a cohesive body of work with a specific focus and media. • Maintain a Investigation workbook which correlates with their studio work. • Participate in classroom discussions. • Participate in group and individual critiques. • Mount a solo exhibition of a cohesive body of work • Complete a one on one interview articulating process and ideas • Participate in final all class exhibition Course Aims: Students will: • Investigate past, present and emerging forms of visual arts and engage in producing, appreciating and evaluating these • Develop an understanding of visual arts from a local, national, and international perspective • Build confidence in responding visually and creatively...
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... This is expressed further in the IB’s Mission Statement which states its desire to create a better world through education, which it claims can best, be achieved through international-mindedness. It adds to this by stating that ‘the International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect (ibid). As with the other programmes, the PYP and MYP, the DP ‘promotes the education of the whole person, emphasizing intellectual, personal, emotional and social growth’ (IBO 2008 p.2) which it claims would encourage the student to become an ‘active compassionate lifelong learner’ (IBO 2008). Thus, the education the IB gives can be seen as preparing students for a fulfilling productive life in which their skills and attribute are ‘constantly challenged, developed and...
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...Easily, the best web-based IB Diploma Business and Management teaching and learning resource. A stimulating and interactive, free online teaching and learning resource that offers comprehensive coverage of the Business and Management syllabus for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme, including Standard (SL) and Higher (HL) Level topics. IBBusinessan dManagement .com is the only free, dedicated IB Business and Management resource available online. We encourage teachers to use the site as they develop their own approaches to incorporating ICT into their learning environments. The entire site links closely to the syllabus, following the same division into the six IB Business and Management topics: 1. Busines The IB Business and Management course covers broad and interesting issues and concepts. s Organis ation and The IB Business and Management course is ideal preparation for Business and Commerce at university, as well as encouraging the student to begin thinking about entrepreneurship now. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Environ ment Human Resour ce Man agemen t Accoun ts and Finance Marketi ng Operati ons Manage ment Busines s Strateg y + Internal Assessment and Extended Essay There is clear highlighting of Higher Level IB Business and Management material. The content is tailored to the requirements and assessment objectives of the IB syllabus, and is an invaluable Business and Management learning and teaching tool. The range of teaching and learning...
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...Investigation Criteria for Full Markings (Syllabus Excerpt) • Analyses and compares perceptively art from different cultures and times, and considers it thoughtfully for its function and significance. • Demonstrates the development of an appropriate range of effective skills, techniques and processes when making and analysing images and artifacts. • Demonstrates coherent, focused and individual investigative strategies into visual qualities, ideas and their contexts, an appropriate range of different approaches towards their study, and some fresh connections between them. • Demonstrates considerable depth and breadth through the successful development and synthesis of ideas and thoroughly explained connections between the work and that of others. • Demonstrates effective and accurate use of the specialist vocabulary of visual arts. • Uses an appropriate range of sources and acknowledges them properly. • Presents the work effectively and creatively and demonstrates effective critical observation, reflection and discrimination. • Presents a close relationship between investigation and studio. Outline and Explanation: • Introduction Page- introduce the studio work you plan on investigation, brainstorming and creating. Explain why you are interested in that specific studio work creation. Give a few minor sketches of how you visualize the project. • Brainstorming Page- brainstorm your ideas. The brainstorming page may turn...
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...Intro to Mass Comm. Dr. Tameka Winston December 3, 2012 I am a new student at new higher learning institution which has changed my whole view and outlook this past semester. I was a student in Dr. Tameka Winston’s class where I actually felt like I had a teacher who cared about the students. I enjoyed the debates and class discussions we had in class. Along with gaining new knowledge new in the field I was introduced in to the world of mass communications on a college level. I also really learned a lot from Dr. Winston in the aspect of being a person. I am truly thankful for the experience that I encountered as an undergraduate in Winston’s class. This semester I became more knowledgeable on some the origins of mass media, music and radio and television. In chapter 2 I was able to understand the origins of many forms of media and who was credited with creating these forms of media. Gaining information like the Chinese actually invented the first form of a printing press. This printing press ways not innovated until a about 400 years later by a german named Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenburg with his invention Gutenburg gave birth to modern media. Another avenue that was discussed was that the invention of photography and its development. The first of aspect of a camera was brought about in 300 B.C. by a mathematician named Euclid. Then around 1558 an early technique called camera obscura was introduced to the world and was widely renowned. As for music...
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...withmunicipalprogramcoordinatorsandbureaucratsS.-4 learnedabout the of publiclyfunded art, and the bureaucracyinvolved pitfalls creating with puttingthe workon the wall. He learnedto workwithin bureaucrat- icallycrafteddefinitionsof communitythat did not necessarilyserveall membersof the community.He also had to deal with the fact that cre- ative was often subordinatedto fundingrequirementsin these expression of S-4 learnedto adapthis skillsand his creativitywhile at types projects. school. He was able to negotiate the politics of community-basedand publicart. J-5'sattitudetowardthe artworldwasmoreremovedthanthatof the other He did not want to be presentduringpublic scrutiny participants. of his work,so was a satisfyingvehiclefor anonymouslyexhibiting graffiti his art. He was involved with the Keith Haring exhibition at the Art Galleryof Ontario,anexperiencethatseemedto confirmhisperception thatartinstitutionsareremovedfromwhatis reallyhappeningwithinthe city. He found that the people inside the galleryknew very little about artistsoutsidethe galleryor how theyworked.As a visitingartistin the school system,he was surprisedto discoverhow little informationadoles- centshadabouttheworldoutsidetheirschools.He thoughtthatyoung studentsshouldlearnaboutdiverse,alternativeapproachesto art,someof which be outside the mainstream. followedhis own path and might J-5 wasnot interestedin subculturegatheringsandconnections. P-6 embracedthe art world with some skepticism.Like R-1, he was concernedabouttheelitism...
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