Welcome to Harding University High School IB Program
Welcome to IB History of the Americas! The IB Diploma Programme is a rigorous pre-university course of study. It is a broad-based two year course that aims to encourage students to be knowledgeable and inquiring, but also caring and compassionate. There is a strong emphasis on encouraging students to develop intercultural understanding, open-mindedness, and the attitudes necessary for them to respect and evaluate a range of points of view.
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IB Mission Statement |
Why IB? |
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end, the IBO works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right. |
IB Learner ProfilesThe attributes of the learner profile express the
values inherent to the IB continuum of international education. IB programs promote the education of the whole person, emphasizing intellectual, personal, emotional and social development. IB learners strive to be: Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators Principled Open-minded Caring Risk-takers Balanced Reflective |
“This is a story about the big public conversation the nation is not having about education… whether an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy because they can’t think their way through abstract problems, work in teams, distinguish good information from bad, or speak a language other than English.”
How to Build a Student for the 21st Century, TIME Magazine, December 18, 2006