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Thank you for the interesting discussions.
It is nice to hear from a variety of IS users with kids in various stages of learning (lower and upper primary, secondary, graduates) sharing their experiences and concerns. The reason why there is seldom a direct comparison of the syllabuses of different IB schools, to my view, is that only very few parents could come across the curriculum of more than one IB school (unless their kid switched school or they have kids studying at different schools), thus able to make "direct" comparison.
My son spent 3 years in a British curriculum school, then switched to an IB through-train school and has been there for almost 2 years.
I noticed that the discussions (even in the past) were mainly on British curriculum Vs IB schools, seldom would the parent of an "American school" join the discussions, actually I am more curious on that 
For myself, I see the "British curriculum" is more structured because the teaching material is standardized, like Mandela, Rosa Parks, Sinbad the Sailor...these texts which my son used to study were commonly used among British schools and it is easy to get teaching resources for these materials. While for IB curriculum, it is very "personalized" and really depends on the "executor" - your class teacher. Even within the same school, different classes would have picked up different materials for discussion and led to different learning outcomes. So I guess whether a kid learns well also depends on which teacher he/she met.
The other difference I noticed on British curriculum Vs IB curriculum is the "degree of independence" expected from the kids. IB demands a higher level of independence and teachers tend to encourage the kids to share rather than writing emails directly to the parents. They encourage the students to share their own work with their parents/peers rather than directly passing the google classroom password to the parent, which was the case in the British curriculum school.
I agree that drilling on basic knowledge is weak in my son's current IB school when compared to the previous British curriculum one, and the teaching at IB school seems to be slower. So when I have further plans for my son, I need to put in extra effort to catch up - but it wasn't as difficult as I thought, and by far I haven't sought help from any external tutor.
It is always my belief that IS parents cannot be lazy - keeping track of student levels at school reports is a must, checking curriculums coverage when necessary (the resource is open and easy to access), and although my son haven't been in the MYP yet, I see the school has arranged a lot of transition talks for prospective MYP parents, to provide as much information as they need. Guess these are essential for smooth transition to MYP.
Last but not least, I personally know quite a number of MYP students and DP graduates from IB schools in HK, to name a few, ICHK, KGV and RCHK, who have benefitted from the IB curriculum and exceled in their IGCSE / IBDP exams without external tuition. One thing in common, is that, their parents are usually not "tiger parents" but would encourage multi-diversity exposures for their kids in the parenting journey.
Sorry for the long article.
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發表於 24-4-30 10:21
) 覺得好但B同學又唔同意