IBDP library
Challenged books procedure
The DP school library/ian should have a process and procedure for challenged library materials. On this page, we're focusing on library - specifically book - challenges and the DP. We look at differences...
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Extended essay starter page
The extended essay section is the most visited part of this website. We know that this significant part of the IB Diploma Programme has particular interest for librarians and it is the part of the DP...
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IB documentation about the DP library/ian
Start Librarians “should be knowledgeable about all key DP curriculum documents”. Diploma Programme: from principles into practice. International Baccalaureate Organization, 2015, p. 42 These are the...
Teaching & learning
Reading
In this section, we look at reading from a teaching and learning perspective, sometimes called readers' advisory. The focus is on the benefit to the DP student, rather than resources. We distinguish...
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Navigating the site and searching
Start These are the main headings for the website. Each main section contains pages which are grouped, where relevant, into sub-sections. Pages in a section will appear if you move your cursor to the...
IBDP library
Fiction books: selection by a risk-taker librarian
Books selected by instinct: fiction Occasionally, books we review or assess don't fit in with our book selection criteria or development plan priorities, but sometimes we have an instinctive emotion that...
Teaching & learning
TOK knowledge framework and the library
A concept in the TOK guide/course that may be of interest to librarians in particular is the knowledge framework. Here, we give an example which could provide DP students with a practical application...
Teaching & learning
Teaching & learning
In this section, we focus on a librarian's contribution to teaching and learning in the IB Diploma Programme. Teaching and learning is where the school librarian can make a direct contribution to the...
IBDP library
Library space
In this section, we look at different aspects of how the school library may work for the benefit of IB Diploma teaching and learning. IB Diploma library "As a minimum, schools are expected to resource...
Teaching & learning
Supporting DP examination candidates
Examinations are the culmination of the DP and the focus of students and teachers alike. The experience is common for all DP students, irrespective of which subjects they have studied. On this page, we...