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ERIC Number: ED534327
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 157
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ISBN: ISBN-978-3-6316-3394-6
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Global Education under Attack: International Baccalaureate in America
Bunnell, Tristan
Peter Lang Frankfurt
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.
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. Eschborner Landstrasse 42-50, D-60489 Frankurt am Main, Germany. Tel: +49-78-07-05-0; Fax: +49-78-07-05-50; e-mail: zentrale.frankfurt@peterlang.com; Web site: http://www.peterlang.com
Publication Type: Books; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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