With the intensification of globalization there is a growing consensus that international
education has come of age. This book examines how the changing conditions of the present have
given rise to an altered set of meanings and uses for international education using the
International Baccalaureate (IB) as its focal point. Currently adopted in over 2 500 private
and state-run schools in 134 countries around the world the IB has far surpassed the
expectations of its founders who struggled under considerable challenges in the 1960s to
develop an internationally recognized diploma for university entrance. From its beginnings to
its current prominence the history of the IB richly illuminates the shifting meanings uses
challenges and progressive openings of international education in a global age. Documenting
the ideals goals and complications faced by the IB movement this book will be relevant to
individuals interested in the IB in particular as well as to those interested in the broader
areas of global studies progressive pedagogy educational change and globalization.
