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Direct linkDoherty, Catherine; Shield, Paul – Curriculum Inquiry, 2012
School-level strategy enabled by neoliberal choice policies can produce internal curricular markets whereby branded curricula such as the International Baccalaureate are offered alongside the local government curriculum in the same school. This project investigated how such curricular markets operating in Australian schools impacted on teachers'…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Foreign Countries, Local Government, Teachers
Doherty, Catherine; Luke, Allan; Shield, Paul; Hincksman, Candice – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2012
The International Baccalaureate's (IB) branding and reputation targets academic high achievers aiming for university entrance. This is an empirical examination of the growing popularity of this transnational secondary credential amongst local populations in Australia, focusing on its uptake across the community, and the discourses underpinning its…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Social Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Doherty, Catherine; Mu, Li; Shield, Paul – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2009
This paper reports on a study of students choosing the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma over state-based curricula in Australian schools. The IB Diploma was initially designed as a matriculation certificate to facilitate international mobility. While first envisaged as a lifestyle agenda for cultural elites, such mobility is now widespread…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Focus Groups, Labor Force Development, Foreign Countries
