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Schools Across Frontiers: The Story of the International Baccalaureate and the United World Colleges - Softcover
The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a college entrance examination which can be taken in any country and is recognized by colleges in any country. The United World Colleges (UWC) are a chain of schools in various countries, where young people of all nations and backgrounds can live and learn together. Both of these institutions have expanded rapidly since their establishment in the 1960s, and are gaining increasing recognition almost everywhere except in Eastern Europe. This book is a personal and anecdotal history of the IB and the UWC, by Alec Peterson, who played a pioneering role in forming them. Under the inspiration of visionary educator Kurt Hahn, a dedicated group of individuals responded to the challenge of the interdependent international post-war world by laying the foundations for international education. As His Royal Highness th Prince of Wales points out, governments played little or no part in conceiving the IB or the UWC, though recently their interest and contributions have grown.
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A. D. C. Peterson (1908-1988) was an expert on comparative education, the author of numerous books on education, and the recipient of the Order of the British Empire and an Honorary Doctor of Pedagogy at the Univesity of Trieste.
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- PublisherOpen Court Publishing Company
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0812691458
- ISBN 13 9780812691450
- BindingPaperback
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Schools Across Frontiers: The Story of the International Baccalaureate and the United World Colleges
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