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International Journal of Progressive Education 2024, Vol. 21(1) 28-41
Changing from a Two-Model System back to a One-Model System: A Qualitative Study on an International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program English Department from the Perceptions of the Teachers as the School Responds to Educational Reforms and IB Requirements
pp. 28 - 41 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2024.1163.3
Publish Date: February 11, 2025 | Single/Total View: 19/12 | Single/Total Download: 19/12
Abstract
International Baccalaureate (IB) Chinese Internationalised Schools who teach compulsory education are tasked with meeting the demands of both the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the IB. This follow-up study documents the transition of a Middle Years Program English department from a Two-Model System back to a One-Model System to meet requirements of both respective authorities. Advantages of the One-Model System are presented including communication, but continued disadvantages highlighted in the Two-Model system are also present, specifically the appropriateness of the MYP for students of low level English ability. Assessment tensions are underscored with school leadership forcing MYP teachers to inflate MYP summative assessment scores while also requiring teachers to implement unstandardized in-house Chinese National Curriculum ‘based’ examinations. Scores from both forms of assessment were used interchangeably as a measurement to determine student phasing. Reasons for these assessment policy changes were related to parents, marketing, and preparation for Chinese national examinations. The use of inflated MYP assessment scores and non-standardized in-house examinations raises questions about the legitimacy of this CIS’s MYP English teaching and learning practices and perhaps the greater Chinese context as CIS who to teach the MYP implement policies to meet MOE CNC examination requirements.
Keywords: International Baccalaureate, Chinese Internationalised Schools, Two-Model System, One-Model System, Assessment
APA 7th edition
Clark, J., & Terrett, M. (2024). Changing from a Two-Model System back to a One-Model System: A Qualitative Study on an International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program English Department from the Perceptions of the Teachers as the School Responds to Educational Reforms and IB Requirements. International Journal of Progressive Education, 21(1), 28-41. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2024.1163.3
Harvard
Clark, J. and Terrett, M. (2024). Changing from a Two-Model System back to a One-Model System: A Qualitative Study on an International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program English Department from the Perceptions of the Teachers as the School Responds to Educational Reforms and IB Requirements. International Journal of Progressive Education, 21(1), pp. 28-41.
Chicago 16th edition
Clark, John and Matthew Terrett (2024). "Changing from a Two-Model System back to a One-Model System: A Qualitative Study on an International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program English Department from the Perceptions of the Teachers as the School Responds to Educational Reforms and IB Requirements". International Journal of Progressive Education 21 (1):28-41. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2024.1163.3
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