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John Stewart Clark; Matthew Terrett – Journal of Research in International Education, 2024
National curriculum standards for different countries mean some International Baccalaureate (IB) schools must often balance IB and national standards. Literature on how schools find this balance is limited. Using a qualitative case study design, we examined the perspectives of teachers of English in a Chinese IB school that recently employed a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Standards, National Curriculum
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Atay, Eylem; Saraçoglu, Semra – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2022
Making use of the methodological framework of conversation analysis, the present study aims to investigate story-based classroom discourse with young learners of English in an EFL context. The data were collected from a private IB school following the Primary Years Programme (PYP) curriculum. The participants were 24 young learners who were under…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Classroom Communication
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Humphrey, Sally – Language and Education, 2020
This paper reports on research which has explored essential requirements for pedagogies of hope, including the expansion of teachers' semiotic knowledge. The study, a professional learning intervention with teachers of young multilingual learners engaged in science inquiry, was informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) descriptions of…
Descriptors: Role, Semiotics, Multiple Literacies, Teaching Methods
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Lochmiller, Chad R.; Lucero, Audrey; Lester, Jessica Nina – Journal of Research in International Education, 2016
The International Baccalaureate (IB) has expanded in Latin America. Drawing from a larger multi-sited qualitative case study, we examined the challenges associated with the implementation of the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) in a Colombian and bilingual context. Findings highlight (1) the intersecting nature of challenges associated with the…
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Implementation, Foreign Countries, Bilingual Education
Iowa Department of Education, 2021
The 2021 edition of the Annual Condition of Education Report (COE) marks the 32nd edition of the report. For over 30 years, the Department has published the COE in order to provide education stakeholders critical data about the status of Iowa's education system. The 2021 COE covers a wide variety of content including information about Iowa's…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, National Competency Tests, Enrollment Trends, Early Childhood Education
Iowa Department of Education, 2020
For over 30 years, the Department has published the Annual Condition of Education (COE) report in order to provide education stakeholders quality information about the status of Iowa's education system. The 2020 COE covers a wide variety of content from information about Iowa's students, schools, educators, administrators, performance and school…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Characteristics, Academic Achievement
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Lebreton, Marlène – Journal of Research in International Education, 2014
The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme supports the learning of languages and cultures, but the role of the additional language within this programme is often unclear. There remains a great variability in schools regarding the frequency of lessons and the way that the additional language is taught within the Primary Years…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness