IB Voices

From IB teacher, workshop leader, and now curriculum manager, Martin Muchena has led the creation of the new DP Economics course, which will begin first teaching this fall. Concepts, context, and content are the three pillars of this dynamic new course as students explore economics in a holistic new way. Martin dives into the central elements of the course, the approaches to teaching and learning,...

Today’s IB Voices guest probably needs no introduction. For those of you who have been in the IB community for the better part of our past 50 years, you’ll know this man just by the sound of his laughter, or his commanding, gravelly voice. Of course, I am talking about Paul Campbell, Head of Development & Outreach for IB Americas. With the IB Global Conference coming later this year to Toronto...

Join Rynette de Villiers, Head of School at the International School of Utrecht in the Netherlands where she discusses leading an IB continuum school and developing a culture of well-being and trust - with a focus on teacher agency.

The arts have been a part of Izy Kali’s life since as long as she can remember. When her family moved to Malaysia and she began her IB Diploma Programme (DP) studies at the International School of Penang, her work as an artist only grew as part of her identity. Now, Izy is the artist behind the IB’s new mission statement poster and she speaks with us about why she was inspired by the challenge of...

Since becoming an IB school in 1997, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (or B-CC), has been named one of the best public high schools in Maryland and the United States. With the school year just starting, DP juniors Emma, Eden and Nene, and seniors Eli, and Cristina discuss the challenges and benefits of the DP curriculum, and how they feel about being a part of the global IB community.

During her final year as an undergraduate at American University, Mackenzie Kelley prepared a Fulbright Program application to build upon her research interests. Her efforts led to an award and after receiving a degree in biochemistry, she moved to the island of Barbados to study the influence of gender and culture on type 2 diabetes. Mackenzie joins us to share her experience and insights from th...

Nanticha “Lynn” Ocharoenchai is the 21-year-old student from Chulalongkorn University behind the Climate Strike Thailand movement, which is inspired by Greta Thurnberg’s Fridays for Future school strikes. Lynn joins us to share her drive for climate action, tips for organizing large grassroots movements and, of course, her IB experience!  

In the inaugural episode of the IB Voices Podcast, Zach from the International Baccalaureate sat down with five impressive eleventh grade Diploma Programme (DP) students, Isolde, Malvika, Charlotte, Leah and Anish, to chat about their experience in the programme at The Dwight School in New York City, New York, the first IB continiuum school in the United States. The students started the conversati...

Listen to learn more about how Melanie enables her students to make the connections between existing knowledge and new learning across the year, and how key and related concepts can transfer across units of inquiry and into everyday life. Melanie’s practical tips: Before collaboratively planning your unit of inquiry – ask yourselves these questions: a.    What do we want the students to learn? Wha...