Pete Rock emailed me:
I'm doing an IBO workshop this weekend and while I'm sitting here going through materials for my own class, I figured I'd search the site for English Higher Level standards. They list these as "Aims & Objectives"
I read the first one:
AIMS: The aims of the Language A1 programme at both Higher and Standard Levels are to:
- encourage a personal appreciation of literature and develop an understanding of the techniques involved in literary criticism
And replied:
Yeah... it is conventional wisdom in public school reform circles here that IB is good and rigorous, but also that standards like "encourage a personal appreciation of literature" are bad.
And that being able to find logical contradictions in arguments is important. ;-)
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