Abstract
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme provides an academically challenging curriculum that when combined with moral and religious formation prepares graduates of Catholic secondary schools to succeed in college and to live as Christian citizens in an interconnected global society. Although the financial cost of the program is high, this paper will argue that the adoption of the International Baccalaureate Diploma increases academic rigor at the high school level and serves as an effective marketing tool to attract students to Catholic schools. Using examples from several Catholic high schools, this paper will also examine how the International Baccalaureate can help schools deepen the realization of Catholic identity and provide educators with an ordered, humanities-based curriculum that although secular in origin draws on Catholic intellectual tradition.
Highlights
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in U.S Catholic High Schools: An Answer to the Church’s Call to Global Solidarity
Using examples from several Catholic high schools, this paper will examine how the International Baccalaureate can help schools deepen the realization of Catholic identity and provide educators with an ordered, humanities-based curriculum that secular in origin draws on Catholic intellectual tradition
Assessing the role that Catholic education should play in this regard, the bishops argued in support of “Catholic educators who consistently integrate contemporary international concerns into their curricula and programs such as geography, history, and science classes,” while pointing out that “too many educational programs still neglect or ignore the global dimensions of our Catholic calling” (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1997, p. 9)
Summary
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme provides an academically challenging curriculum that when combined with moral and religious formation prepares graduates of Catholic secondary schools to succeed in college and to live as Christian citizens in an interconnected global society. Using examples from several Catholic high schools, this paper will examine how the International Baccalaureate can help schools deepen the realization of Catholic identity and provide educators with an ordered, humanities-based curriculum that secular in origin draws on Catholic intellectual tradition. Using examples from several Catholic high schools, this paper will examine how the IB can help schools to deepen the realization of Catholic identity and provide them with an ordered, humanities-based curriculum that draws on the Catholic tradition of education as it helps young people develop what Pope John Paul II (1987) in his encyclical Sollicitudo Rei Socialis called “the Virtue of Solidarity” Using examples from several Catholic high schools, this paper will examine how the IB can help schools to deepen the realization of Catholic identity and provide them with an ordered, humanities-based curriculum that draws on the Catholic tradition of education as it helps young people develop what Pope John Paul II (1987) in his encyclical Sollicitudo Rei Socialis called “the Virtue of Solidarity” (1987, sec. 38, para. 6)
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