The International Baccalaureate (IB)

Programmes AAGE offers:
Candidate: Primary Years Programme (PYP)
Authorized: Middle Years Programme (MYP) December 2015

 
Education

The IB is a recognised leader within the field of international education. It was founded in 1968 and currently has 3,461 schools across 143 countries around the world.
The IB offers three high-quality and challenging educational programmes: The IB Primary Years Programme, The IB Middle Years Programme and the IB Diploma Programme.
At the heart of the IB is the ‘learner profile’, a long-term holistic vision of education that underpins all three programmes and puts the student at the centre of everything we do. (Source: www.ibo.org)

•  IB programmes are recognised around the world and ensure increased
    adaptability and mobility for IB students.

•  The curriculum and pedagogy of IB programmes are focused on
    international perspectives of learning and teaching, while
    requiring that students fully explore their local culture and
    language.

•  IB World Schools are subject to an exhaustive authorisation
    process in order to offer one or more of the programmes;
    this process includes studying the school’s resources and its
    commitment to the IB mission and philosophy.

•  IB teachers participate in a wide variety of professional
    development opportunities to constantly update their
    knowledge and to share their expertise with colleagues around
    the world.

•  Many students graduating from the IB Diploma Programme find
    that it enhances their opportunities at tertiary institutions.
    The IB works closely together with universities around
    the world to gain recognition for IB programmes.

•  The core components and the Learner Profile of IB programmes
    encourage students to participate in creative and service-oriented
    activities, while at the same time emphasising the importance
    of reflection at a personal and academic level.
 

•    Have a strong international dimension
•    Draw on content from educational cultures from around the world
•    Require study across a broad range of subjects
•    Include both individual subjects and trans-disciplinary areas
•    Give special emphasis to learning languages
•    Focus on developing the skills of learning
•    Provide opportunities for individual and collaborative planning
     and research
•    Encourage students to become responsible members of their community
 

•    A written curriculum
•    Student formative and summative rubric assessments appropriate
     to the age range
•    Professional development and networking opportunities for
     teachers abroad and online
•    Support, authorisation and programme evaluation for the school


Langkaer Gymnasium (an upper secondary school) has already been certified to offer the Diploma Programme (for students aged 16-19) since August 2011, and a close cooperation has already been established with the gymnasium to form a seamless transition for our graduating MYP students.

The IB Primary Years Programme for pupils aged 3 to 11 focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world outside. (Source: www.ibo.org)

The IB Middle Years Programme for students aged 12 to 16 provides a project-based framework of academic challenge that encourages students to embrace and understand the connections between traditional subjects and the real world, and to become critical and reflective thinkers. (Source: www.ibo.org)