Visual Arts for the IB Diploma Coursebook

Perfect for mi IB course, everything is included

Completa la informacion necesaria para llevar un buen curso

Superb. Must buy.

This text and author provide additional perspective regarding delivering of instruction and approaches. If this has been a concern at all in your department, then the value of this text has already been proven. It is a rare thing for a textbook in art to be available, let alone one that could so readily reduce the countless hours spent selecting comparable materials to present; while additionally clarifying the understanding of the instructor's role as facilitator, student's role in inquiry learning, and the general "IB-ness" of the course.The rising senior IB students previewed this book and unanimously encouraged me to proceed with departmental adoption of the text. I suggested we could get a classroom set, but the students insisted that they would each prefer to have an individual copy to mark and flag as their own, especially since the price was affordable and possesses so much beneficial information. As one student stated “the examples are excellent and demonstrate how evidence for each criteria can be very diverse and personalized while still meeting the objectives. I like this a lot”. And several students mentioned how it would be a great resource for going into their college art programs as well.For our new IB students coming in, as well as parents, I can’t think of a better resource to help verbally and visually communicate the goals and assessments of this course. It should be noted that this text was also compared with the “IB Visual Art Course Book” and found to be superior in organization, assignments, resource information, and examples. Simply put, we saw Paterson's as an excellent "What is IB Visual Art ?" guide (and will have a classroom set of this text available), but McReynold's as a "How to IB Visual Art" guide.This text is a well edited progression of information for both SL and HL students, with every concern for student preparedness and success addressed.The decision to pursue the adoption of this text has not been made lightly, but with every concern for student preparedness and success.

Still reading textbook but very interesting. If anyone knows of another good book please let me know.