Forms of Support for and Challenges to International-Mindedness

Presenter: Akin Metli

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This presentation will share the findings of a research study on the students’, teachers’ and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program coordinators’ perceptions of forms of support for and challenges to international-mindedness. The study specifically investigated how the IBDP core components: Creativity, Activity, Service, Theory of Knowledge, and Extended Essay fostered the pillars of international-mindedness (multilingualism, intercultural understanding and global engagement) within two IB continuum schools in Istanbul, Turkey.

This presentation will share the examples of how these case study schools attempted to fostered intercultural understanding and global engagement through their academic studies and extra-curricular activities. The presentation will also share the quantitative findings of the research pertaining to the students’ pre and post levels of intercultural understanding and global engagement in terms of improvement after one year of IBDP education. This presentation will conclude with a reinterpretation of the international-mindedness conceptual framework.

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