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Global Education Under Attack: International Baccalaureate in America
The three main programmes of the Geneva-registered International Baccalaureate (IB) have grown enormously since the 1990s and have seemingly found their ‘home’ in the United States. However, the IB has provoked opposition, initially from concerned parents, and lately by conservative agencies. This book charts the growth of the IB in America and offers a set of frameworks for conceptualizing the history and nature of this attack. It explores the distinctly paleo-conservative philosophy behind this attack, and reveals the influence of the American historian Russell Kirk, alongside Edmund Burke. The book examines the notion that the IB is un-American, and concludes that for some people in America global education is fundamentally unnatural and must be resisted.
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Global Education Under Attack: International Baccalaureate in America
The three main programmes of the Geneva-registered International Baccalaureate (IB) have grown enormously since the 1990s and have seemingly found their ‘home’ in the United States. However, the IB has provoked opposition, initially from concerned parents, and lately by conservative agencies. This book charts the growth of the IB in America and offers a set of frameworks for conceptualizing the history and nature of this attack. It explores the distinctly paleo-conservative philosophy behind this attack, and reveals the influence of the American historian Russell Kirk, alongside Edmund Burke. The book examines the notion that the IB is un-American, and concludes that for some people in America global education is fundamentally unnatural and must be resisted.
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Global Education Under Attack: International Baccalaureate in America

Global Education Under Attack: International Baccalaureate in America

by Tristan Bunnell
Global Education Under Attack: International Baccalaureate in America

Global Education Under Attack: International Baccalaureate in America

by Tristan Bunnell

Overview

The three main programmes of the Geneva-registered International Baccalaureate (IB) have grown enormously since the 1990s and have seemingly found their ‘home’ in the United States. However, the IB has provoked opposition, initially from concerned parents, and lately by conservative agencies. This book charts the growth of the IB in America and offers a set of frameworks for conceptualizing the history and nature of this attack. It explores the distinctly paleo-conservative philosophy behind this attack, and reveals the influence of the American historian Russell Kirk, alongside Edmund Burke. The book examines the notion that the IB is un-American, and concludes that for some people in America global education is fundamentally unnatural and must be resisted.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783631633946
Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date: 07/23/2012
Pages: 157
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Tristan Bunnell has taught International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme economics since 1990 at the International School of London, and Copenhagen International School. He obtained his Doctorate on public relations activity and the unique characteristics of international schools from the University of Southampton in 2003.

Table of Contents

Contents: International Baccalaureate – Global education – Russell Kirk – Edmund Burke – Paleo-conservatism – Hyper-globalization – Federal curriculum – Global citizenship – Global workers.

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