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January 14, 2011

The New IB Economics Course: Syllabus Outline

Filed under: Economics — Tags: , , , , — Peter Anthony @ 9:28 pm


This is the second post in a series discussing the changes made to the new IB Economics Guide (first exams 2013) which can be found is on the IBO’s Online Curriculum Centre (OCC). The next posts will focus on the Syllabus Outline, while subsequent posts will cover Assessment and the Internal Assessment and changes that will impact the teaching of Economics at the Higher Level.

Two important modification have been made to the Syllabus Outline: Section 1 has been dropped from the course and learning outcomes have replaced listings of content topics that characterized the previous course guide.

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January 9, 2011

The new IB Economics Course: the Nature of the Subject

Filed under: Economics — Tags: , , , — Peter Anthony @ 8:51 pm


The new IB Economics Guide (first exams 2013) is now available on the IBO’s Online Curriculum Centre (OCC). Though the substance of the course has not changed dramatically, there are quite significant modifications.

This post will focus on the changes that have been made to the Nature of the Subject, while subsequent posts will focus the Syllabus Outline, Assessment, and the Internal Assessment. One post will be devoted to changes to the HL course.

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