What are the “beliefs and values” of IB?
IBO insists that its beliefs and values form the core of the IB curriculum. IBO calls its curriculum “the best possible curriculum to be enjoyed by all who participate.” What is this curriculum? The same paragraph in which IBO claims to have the “best possible curriculum” also clarifies that the essence of the IB curriculum is teaching students “those human values which are recognized as universal; these are embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, [as stated in Article 26] adopted and proclaimed by the General assembly of the United Nations in 1948” [“A CONTINUUM OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION,” published by IBO, p. 10, all emphasis in the original]. That is, IBO says its curriculum is “the best possible” for two interrelated reasons: (1) The IBO curriculum focuses on the beliefs and values it says are universal. These beliefs and values are seen by IBO, therefore, as being superior to the parochial beliefs and values of mere nations that are less than universal. That is, IB
