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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
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Doherty, Catherine – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2009
In Australia there is growing interest in a national curriculum to replace the variety of matriculation credentials managed by State Education departments, ostensibly to address increasing population mobility. Meanwhile, the International Baccalaureate (IB) is attracting increasing interest and enrolments in State and private schools in Australia,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Advanced Placement Programs, Curriculum Development