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Peace and Conflict Studies subject report · May 2009

Peace and Conflict StudiesSubject report2009May 2009

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May 2009 extended essay reports Page 1 © International Baccalaureate Organization 2009 PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES Overall grade boundaries Grade: E D C B A Mark range: 0 - 7 8 - 15 16 - 22 23 - 28 29 - 36 The range and suitability of the work submitted The large majority of essays posed no fundamental problem in terms of the range and suitability of the work . Schools were aware of the new criteria and seemed to have familiarised the students with the new requirements. Most of the work submitted was relevant to the subject. There were a few extended essays focusing on history that we re not entirely relevant in their approach. Very many took the form of chronologically -structured historical synopses of various conflicts. Popular themes were those concerning the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, terrorism and challenges to de mocracy in Latin America (Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia and the Dominican Republic), genocide in Rwanda and the Sudan, and similar topics. Very few candidates referred their narra tives to any theoretical framework for conflict resolution and the establishment and maintenance of peace. Most relied on secondary sources in an uncritical way (and in subject areas where appropriate primary sources such as United Nations documentation are easily available), failing to raise and discuss the issues of reliability, an d to a lesser extent validity, that come into play. Few introduced their
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Subject
Peace and Conflict Studies
Document type
Subject report
Year
2009
Session
May 2009
Level
Not labelled in the archive
Paper
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Examination zone
Not labelled in the archive
Language
English
File size
85 KB
Pages
3
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