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Bunnell, Tristan
Global Education Under Attack
International Baccalaureate in America
Year of Publication: 2012
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012. 157 pp.
ISBN 978-3-631-63394-6 pb.
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Weight: 0.220 kg, 0.485 lbs
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Book synopsis
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.
Contents
Contents: International Baccalaureate - Global education - Russell Kirk - Edmund Burke - Paleo-conservatism - Hyper-globalization - Federal curriculum - Global citizenship - Global workers.
About the author(s)/editor(s)
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.