In the West, the International Baccalaureate is a curriculum. In Korea, for five teachers, it became a threshold they had to cross.
Korean education is famous for its test scores and its pressure. This is the Korea you haven't heard about: the quiet revolution happening inside ordinary public-school classrooms, kindergartens, and one startup founder's code, as five educators wrestle an imported philosophy—concept-based inquiry, the IB Learner Profile, the PYP—into something their own students could actually live.
A painting teacher who discovered that IB was not a technique but a way of seeing. A teacher of the IMF generation who spends every day translating between a national curriculum and an international one, carrying responsibility she was never given the authority to hold. A P.E. teacher—the most overlooked figure in the school—who realized that if you change the rules, you change the culture, and went on to lead his school to authorization. An early-childhood educator with two doctorates who spent twenty years planting seeds in the least-recognized corner of the system. And a former star lecturer who left the spotlight to build the technology that could carry all of it to ten thousand classrooms.
Structured as a single hero's journey told in five voices, Teachers at the Threshold moves from the call, to the crossing, to the ordeal, to the return, and finally beyond the threshold itself. Each chapter is an unflinchingly honest first-person account of what it actually takes to carry inquiry-based, concept-driven teaching into a system built for something else.
At its heart is a claim that reverses decades of assumption: that Korea, so long an importer of educational philosophy, has begun—in its lowest and least-noticed places—to forge something worth exporting.
For every teacher, IB coordinator, teacher educator, and school leader who has ever stood at the edge of a change too large to make alone—and stepped over anyway.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In the West, the International Baccalaureate is a curriculum. In Korea, for five teachers, it became a threshold they had to cross.Korean education is famous for its test scores and its pressure. This is the Korea you haven't heard about: the quiet revolution happening inside ordinary public-school classrooms, kindergartens, and one startup founder's code, as five educators wrestle an imported philosophy-concept-based inquiry, the IB Learner Profile, the PYP-into something their own students could actually live.A painting teacher who discovered that IB was not a technique but a way of seeing. A teacher of the IMF generation who spends every day translating between a national curriculum and an international one, carrying responsibility she was never given the authority to hold. A P.E. teacher-the most overlooked figure in the school-who realized that if you change the rules, you change the culture, and went on to lead his school to authorization. An early-childhood educator with two doctorates who spent twenty years planting seeds in the least-recognized corner of the system. And a former star lecturer who left the spotlight to build the technology that could carry all of it to ten thousand classrooms.Structured as a single hero's journey told in five voices, Teachers at the Threshold moves from the call, to the crossing, to the ordeal, to the return, and finally beyond the threshold itself. Each chapter is an unflinchingly honest first-person account of what it actually takes to carry inquiry-based, concept-driven teaching into a system built for something else.At its heart is a claim that reverses decades of assumption: that Korea, so long an importer of educational philosophy, has begun-in its lowest and least-noticed places-to forge something worth exporting.For every teacher, IB coordinator, teacher educator, and school leader who has ever stood at the edge of a change too large to make alone-and stepped over anyway. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798173161680
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In the West, the International Baccalaureate is a curriculum. In Korea, for five teachers, it became a threshold they had to cross.Korean education is famous for its test scores and its pressure. This is the Korea you haven't heard about: the quiet revolution happening inside ordinary public-school classrooms, kindergartens, and one startup founder's code, as five educators wrestle an imported philosophy-concept-based inquiry, the IB Learner Profile, the PYP-into something their own students could actually live.A painting teacher who discovered that IB was not a technique but a way of seeing. A teacher of the IMF generation who spends every day translating between a national curriculum and an international one, carrying responsibility she was never given the authority to hold. A P.E. teacher-the most overlooked figure in the school-who realized that if you change the rules, you change the culture, and went on to lead his school to authorization. An early-childhood educator with two doctorates who spent twenty years planting seeds in the least-recognized corner of the system. And a former star lecturer who left the spotlight to build the technology that could carry all of it to ten thousand classrooms.Structured as a single hero's journey told in five voices, Teachers at the Threshold moves from the call, to the crossing, to the ordeal, to the return, and finally beyond the threshold itself. Each chapter is an unflinchingly honest first-person account of what it actually takes to carry inquiry-based, concept-driven teaching into a system built for something else.At its heart is a claim that reverses decades of assumption: that Korea, so long an importer of educational philosophy, has begun-in its lowest and least-noticed places-to forge something worth exporting.For every teacher, IB coordinator, teacher educator, and school leader who has ever stood at the edge of a change too large to make alone-and stepped over anyway. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798173161680
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - In the West, the International Baccalaureate is a curriculum. In Korea, for five teachers, it became a threshold they had to cross.Korean education is famous for its test scores and its pressure. This is the Korea you haven't heard about: the quiet revolution happening inside ordinary public-school classrooms, kindergartens, and one startup founder's code, as five educators wrestle an imported philosophy-concept-based inquiry, the IB Learner Profile, the PYP-into something their own students could actually live.A painting teacher who discovered that IB was not a technique but a way of seeing. A teacher of the IMF generation who spends every day translating between a national curriculum and an international one, carrying responsibility she was never given the authority to hold. A P.E. teacher-the most overlooked figure in the school-who realized that if you change the rules, you change the culture, and went on to lead his school to authorization. An early-childhood educator with two doctorates who spent twenty years planting seeds in the least-recognized corner of the system. And a former star lecturer who left the spotlight to build the technology that could carry all of it to ten thousand classrooms.Structured as a single hero's journey told in five voices, Teachers at the Threshold moves from the call, to the crossing, to the ordeal, to the return, and finally beyond the threshold itself. Each chapter is an unflinchingly honest first-person account of what it actually takes to carry inquiry-based, concept-driven teaching into a system built for something else.At its heart is a claim that reverses decades of assumption: that Korea, so long an importer of educational philosophy, has begun-in its lowest and least-noticed places-to forge something worth exporting.For every teacher, IB coordinator, teacher educator, and school leader who has ever stood at the edge of a change too large to make alone-and stepped over anyway. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798173161680
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