【家长课堂第七讲】IBDP、A Level、AP三大主流国际课程如何选择？-国际教育网

【家长课堂第七讲】IBDP、A Level、AP三大主流国际课程如何选择？

ISA Education 爱莎国际教育集团

2022-04-01

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What Fit is the Best

适配的国际课程创造无限的未来

Abstract 摘要

With the development of technology and science, more opportunities have been created for our society. With more and more global education resources available, international education has become the choice for many parents with global insights. In high school, 3 main stream international curricula are IBDP, A Level and AP. As the study modes and the university entrance routes of the 3 curricula are different in some ways, it is important to learn the full picture of those differences. So how can parents help their children to choose from the curricula to lay a solid foundation for their future success?

科技日新月异，技术更迭，为我们带来了许多新的机遇与希望。越发丰富的全球教育资源触手可及，国际教育也成为了众多具有国际视野家长的选择。在高中阶段，IBDP、A Level和AP是当下三大主流国际课程，它们的学习模式和升学路径不尽相同，因此全面了解三大课程十分重要。选择国际教育的家长们要如何帮助孩子做好课程选择，为孩子的成功未来奠好基石呢？

On March, 24th in Room 2304, IFC, Myra, the Principal of Secondary School of ISA Liwan, gave a lecture on How to Choose from IBDP, A Level, and AP at the 7th Parent College Event. It aims to assist parents to prepare children to choose the right path for university admission. At the beginning of this event, David Li and Michael Urquhart, the Co-Heads of ISA Liwan International Campus, welcomed the audience and briefly introduced ISA Liwan, an international education project featuring Lingnan characteristics.

为更好地解答家长们的疑惑，帮助家长提前做好国际课程的选择和升学规划，2022年3月24日上午，爱莎国际教育集团在广州国际金融中心2304爱莎荔湾咨询中心举办了第七次家长公益课堂活动，特邀来自我们广州荔湾爱莎国际学校中学部的王玉梅校长为各位感兴趣的家长做了一场关于“适配未来，IBDP、A Level、AP等国际课程如何选择”的主题分享。讲座开始前，广州荔湾爱莎国际学校的两位联席校长李春雷校长和Michael Urquhart校长对大家的到来表示欢迎，并简单介绍了爱莎荔湾这一极具岭南特色的粤港澳大湾区国际教育项目。

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Speaker 主讲人介绍

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Myra Wang 王玉梅

Principal of Secondary School of ISA Liwan

广州荔湾爱莎国际学校中学部校长

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IB workshop leader, IBDP mathematics examiner

IB 亚太地区培训官，IBDP数学考官

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Over 20 years’ experience of teaching and management in the mainstream international programmes such as IB, IGCSE, A Level and AP

20年国际课程教学和管理经验，熟悉IB、A Level和AP等主流国际课程

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Served as Vice Principal of High School and IBDP coordinator in GCGS

曾担任广东碧桂园学校高中部副校长、IBDP项目协调员

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Her students are all over the world top universities, including Oxbridge in the UK and Ivy League in the US

学生遍布世界各地名校，包括牛津、剑桥等英联邦名校及普林斯顿、康奈尔等美国常春藤盟校。

Comparing IBDP, A Level and AP

IBDP、A Level、AP 三大主流国际课程对比

The lecture was divided into three parts. Principal Myra illustrated detailed information on AP, A Level, and IBDP curricula. When explaining the teaching theory and mentality of the IBDP Programme, Myra played a memory game to mock the process of IB teaching and learning. Parents all showed great interest and recorded the slides.

讲座的开篇，玉梅校长列举了细致的列表图作为辅助，深入从各大课程的历史、考试时间、考试地点、学习科目、评分细则到培养理念等方面为家长们解读AP、A Level和IBDP三大主流课程。在介绍IBDP课程的培养方式和目标时，玉梅校长生动地套用了一个简单字母记忆小游戏，让家长更进一步体会IB课程中“基于理解”的学习理念，可以在未来更好地配合学校选择课程与课外活动发展帮助孩子成长。整个分享过程有趣而又精彩，各位家长纷纷起身举起手机拍照不愿错过任何一点信息。

Talent Admission Standards

of World Top Universities

世界名校人才录取标准

After the curricula introduction, Myra analysed admission standards of top global universities, such as Peking University, The University of Hong Kong, Harvard University and MIT, University of Oxford, and University of Cambridge. Though they all have rigorous entrance standards, the similarity shared by them could be concluded as independent thinking, good social skills, curiosity, and a desire to learn. These qualities are also principles and theories taught throughout the international education programmes.

第二个章节的讲解中，承接开篇的培养目标，玉梅校长带家长们共同浏览、分析且总结了世界各高等学府的人才录取标准。虽各名校所处国家不同，标准也各具特色，但我们仍可看到它们的共通点。国内知名大学北京大学、香港大学，美国藤校如哈佛、耶鲁大学，或享誉世界的高等学府如牛津、剑桥大学等都希望录取具有独立思考能力、出色的社交能力、有好奇心等学习能力的学生。这样的共通点都与IB课程中所倡导的全人教育、全面发展以及终生学习的培养理念相契合，所以我们可以更坚信，选择国际课程体系，选对课程对孩子来说可谓是打开了通往成功的第一扇门。

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Yale University

耶鲁大学

They look for guts, vision, insight and leadership in students who have taken a variety of challenging courses throughout high school and have achieved good grades

他们看中的是那些在高中阶段一直选修各种具有挑战性的课程并取得良好成绩的学生同时拥有胆量、远见、洞察和领导力的品格。

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University of Oxford

牛津大学

They are looking for bright students - students who are very interested in their subject and can demonstrate that their interest is something that can be fed back to the community with new perspectives.

他们正在寻找聪明的学生--对他们的学科非常感兴趣的学生，并且能够证明他们的兴趣是可以用新的观点反馈给社会的

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Peking University

北京大学

They admit outstanding students with "comprehensive qualities, outstanding academic achievements, ambitious aspirations, potential for development, and a strong sense of social responsibility".

他们录取“综合素质全面、学科成绩突出、志向远大、具备发展潜能、社会责任感强”的优秀学生。

How to Choose the Right Curriculum?

如何选择合适的课程

The last part was to solve the most concerning problem for parents: How to choose the right curriculum? To be honest, there is no definite answer to this question. ‘What Fit is the Best’. Learning at university is more in-depth and focused. Children may have a better chance to develop abilities to fit university life with the right curriculum. It is worth noticing that the application process for overseas universities is never only about academic performance, comprehensive candidates are the ones outstanding. Right curriculum motivates children to release their potentials, and set a solid foundation for their success in the future.

了解了培养目标后，玉梅校长讲到家长们最关心的问题——如何为孩子选择合适的课程。玉梅校长认为，这个问题并没有标准的答案，适合的才是最好的，这也是本次家长课堂所强调的主旨内容。大学的专业更为广泛以及深入，选择合适的中学课程既能培养孩子朝着自己兴趣方向快乐学习，成为终身学习者，也为他们在未来顺利衔接大学专业的学习打好基础。国外大学的申请程序复杂，不仅需要优秀的成绩单，还需要亮眼的综合素质。所以选择合适的课程能让学生发挥出最大的潜能，明确自己未来方向并为之努力，成为未来社会之栋梁。

In the end, Myra quoted Bruner’s saying: ‘Learning should not only take us somewhere; it should allow us later to go further more easily' to conclude today’s lecture.

讲座的最后，玉梅校长引用布鲁纳所说的一句名言：“学习不应该只是带我们到达某个地方；它应该能让我们未来可以更从容地去到更远。”作为讲座的结束语告诉家长，要用长远的目光考虑适配自己孩子的最优课程。

Q&A

家长问答

The lecture was finally ended up with applause from parents. What came after was the Q&A session. Parents have asked many questions about curriculum choices based on their children’s situations. Some even showed their interest in ISA Liwan. Myra, David, Michael, and William all gave their opinions on answering those questions.

在问答环节，家长们都为玉梅校长深入而切实的分享抱以热烈的掌声并频频举手提问，结合自己孩子的情况，询问关于课程选择的建议，并表示出对爱莎荔湾学校的兴趣，玉梅校长、春雷校长、Michael校长，与以及爱莎国际教育集团的副总裁钱志明先生，均结合具体事例，给出了耐心细致地解答供家长参考。

After the Parent College, many parents still stayed and shared their opinions and feedback on this event with principals and heads of schools.

讲座结束后，许多家长仍留在会场与校长们交流分享自己的看法与启发，并纷纷表示本次家长课堂受益良多。