Biology
John McMurtry
John is currently teaching HL Biology and is the IB Diploma Coordinator at Munich International School. After having earned a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Hope College and Masters degree in Biology from Northern Illinois University, John has taught in Botswana, USA, Denmark and Germany for the past 26 years. With 14 years of IB Biology teaching experience, he is also an Assistant Examiner and Team Leader for IB Biology examinations. He has lead IB Biology Teacher Workshops in Turkey, South Africa, Greece and France.
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Catrin Brown
Catrin has over twenty years experience in international education and currently teaches IB Biology and Chemistry at Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific in Canada. She is an experienced examiner, a senior moderator for internal assessment and has led workshops across North America. Catrin recently spent a year on secondment based at IBCA, working as the teacher consultant in the development of the online curriculum centre.
Business & Management
Roni Hameiri
Roni currently teaches Business and Management and Economics at St. Clare's Oxford. With a Masters of Business Administration (MBA), she has also worked as a university lecturer and independent consultant. Roni is currently the Deputy Chief Examiner for IB Business and Management and a Principal Examiner for Extended Essays and Higher Level Paper 2. She has also been a member of the curriculum development committee and has run numerous workshops for IBDP teachers.
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Chemistry
Geoffrey Neuss
Geoff is Head of Science at the U.W.C. of the Atlantic. He has taught IB Chemistry for 26 years and led over sixty IB workshops for teachers worldwide. He is a former IB Deputy Chief Examiner and is the Principal Examiner for Extended Essays. Geoff was part of the team that wrote the current IB Chemistry syllabus and is the author of Chemistry for the IB Diploma (OUP) and the IB-endorsed Chemistry Course Companion (OUP). He is also a Chief Examiner for the European Baccalaureate and has been Chairman of the Governors of a British Comprehensive School.
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Computer Science
Richard Jones
Richard Jones holds an M Sc from the University of London, an MA Education from Bath University and a post-graduate certificate in Online Education from USQ, Australia. He is currently Head of ICT at Dulwich College Beijing having worked previously for international schools in New Zealand, Singapore and Portugal. Richard also lectured Computer Science at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He has 15 years of experience teaching at IB level and has developed and led online and face to face workshops. Richard is currently acting Chief Examiner for Computer Science where he is involved in paper editing and curriculum review. Richard has also published the book IB Computer Science which he co-wrote with Andrew Meyenn.
Economics
Ian Dorton
Ian Dorton holds an undergraduate degree from Aston University and a postgraduate certificate from Birmingham University. He currently teaches Economics at the American International School of Vienna, having previously headed the departments of Economics and Business at both Sevenoaks School in the UK, and the United World College of Singapore. He has been teaching IB economics for 20 years and has been involved with IB assessment for 18 years. He is currently Deputy Chief Examiner for IB Economics and Principal Examiner for Paper 2, Standard Level. He is an IB paper setter and has been a member of the last two IB Economics curriculum committees. He has led IB Economics workshops in Europe, Asia, and North America. He has just published Economics: A Course Companion, a joint venture between Oxford University Press and the IBO, which he co-authored with Jocelyn Blink.
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Jocelyn Blink
Jocelyn Blink holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Economics and Political Studies and a Bachelor of Education degree from Queen’s University in Canada. She currently teaches Economics at the Vienna International School, having previously taught in Nigeria and Canada. She has been teaching IB Economics for 16 years. She is currently Deputy Chief Examiner for IB Economics and Principal examiner for both Extended Essays in Economics and for Paper 3, Higher Level. She is an IB paper setter and was a member of the last IB Economics curriculum committee. She has led IB Economics workshops in Europe and Asia and she has just published Economics: A Course Companion, a joint venture between Oxford University Press and the IBO, which she co-authored with Ian Dorton.
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Gareth Rees
Gareth Rees holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from Exeter University and taught previously at De Montfort and Leicester Universities. He is now Vice Principal of Atlantic College where he has been IB Co-ordinator for six years and an Economics teacher for twenty. He was Deputy Chief Examiner for IB Economics until 2002, also a question setter and a member of the curriculum committee. He been a workshop leader in all IB regions, and with Charles Smith wrote a popular textbook on Development Economics.
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English A1
Elizabeth Stephan
Elizabeth Stephan is a graduate of Oxford University and has taught in universities and schools in many parts of the world including Japan, the US, Nigeria and Belgium. She currently teaches IB English at Hockerill Anglo-European College, UK. She is a Senior Examiner for the IB and has led many IB workshops for both teachers and students. She has written two books: Teaching Language A1, for IB teachers, and a Study and Revision Guide for A1 students.
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English A2
Debra Williams-Gualandi
A graduate of Columbia University and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, with degrees in English Literature and Sociology of Education, Debra is IB Coordinator and teaches IB English and French at the International School of Florence, in Italy. Debra has led many workshops for IB teachers, has worked on curriculum and assessment development and is an examiner for the English A2 programme.
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Victor Ferreira
Victor is currently the IB Coordinator at The American School of The Hague, where he also teaches IB English A2. He is also an IB Group 2 senior examiner for extended essay. Victor has taught in international schools for nearly 30 years in Ecuador, Egypt, Thailand and The Netherlands. He holds advanced degrees in both English and Spanish. He has experience in teaching both languages to all ages ranging from primary school to business adults and has been a presenter and workshop leader for many years.
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English B
David Ripley
After studying English at Cambridge, David taught for 23 years at St Clare’s Oxford. As Head of English,he has covered all levels from university level literature courses to elementary language training. With a comprehensive knowledge of the IBO programme, he has led more than 50 IB English B workshops, and is currently Principal Examiner for English B. Now living near Barcelona with his wife, David is developing a range of innovative language teaching materials centred on ‘learning about language’ (IB English B), and ‘learning through language’ (TELI - Teaching of English as the Language of Instruction).
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Film
Wayne Shackelford
Wayne Shackelford holds degrees from the University of Virginia and The New York Film Academy. He has spent the last 15 years teaching Spanish language, several science disciplines, and courses in film, digital audio production and multimedia around the world. He began teaching the IB Film course in São Paulo, Brazil under the pilot phase in 2005 and continues today at the International School of Prague, where he also serves as the Upper School I.T. Integration Specialist. Wayne is an examiner and workshop leader for the International Baccalaureate and a Certified Pro Trainer for Apple Computer and the Final Cut Pro editing platform.
French
Ann Abrioux
Ann Abrioux studied French language and literature at Aberdeen, McMaster and Bordeaux universities. She has taught French and English as second languages for many years and is currently the Head of the English Department at the United World College of the Adriatic, Italy. Ann is a member of the current Group 1 and 2 curriculum review team and is responsible for the forums on the Online Curriculum Centre for French A2, B, ab initio and other languages B and ab initio. Ann is an experienced IB examiner in French A2 (assistant examiner). French B (team leader) and French ab initio (deputy examiner responsible). She has led French B workshops in all IB regions for many years.
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Marc Abrioux
Marc Abrioux has considerable IB experience as a teacher, deputy Chief Examiner and Team Leader for assessment. He has been extensively involved in the curriculum development of the language programmes and currently leads workshops for teachers of French A1 and A2. In addition, Marc has served as senior administrator and as Head of two IB World Schools. A Team Leader for IBDP Authorization Visits, he also leads workshops for Senior Administrators and provides consultancies for schools actively considering the IB. Marc is bilingual (French and English) and has been invited to lead workshops or engaged as a consultant in approximately 15 countries.
John Israel
He studied French at Bristol and Bordeaux Universities. Holding Masters Degrees in Literature, Education and Education Management and a Doctorate in Assessment and Evaluation, he is Head of Languages at a bilingual national school in Istanbul. John has wide experience of teaching languages, cinema and literature in schools and universities in six countries, including beginners to native speakers as learners. An experienced IB examiner and curriculum reviewer for French B, he has led many workshops, having also published course materials and articles concerning language teaching, learning and assessment.
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Maryline Noyé
Maryline Noyé studied French, German and Linguistics in France and Germany. She holds a degree in both languages, a master in French Literature and a Staatsexamen from the University in Köln, Germany. She has extensive experience teaching French and German as native and foreign languages, as well as English as a foreign language. Maryline has been contributing to the IB Diploma programme for many years, having been Principal Examiner, Examination Papers Writer and Editor. She is currently working as Deputy Chief Examiner for French, and she has been actively involved in Groups 1 and 2 curriculum review. Maryline has led many teachers' training workshops for IB teachers, and is currently teaching at Wesley College, Australia where she is the IB Diploma Coordinator.
Geography
Richard Allaway
Richard completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Sheffield University. He has taught in comprehensive schools in the United Kingdom and currently teaches at the International School of Toulouse where he is the Head of Geography. Richard is a Chartered Geographer as awarded by the Royal Geographical Society. This status recognises a high level of competence, experience and professionalism in the use of geographical knowledge and skills in and out of the classroom. Richard is the author of www.geographyalltheway.com 
, the leading website of online Geography resources specifically tailored for IB Geography. Richard consults for various online geographical projects with recent clients including the International Baccalaureate Organization, Oxfam Education, Sky Learning and the Geographical Association. Richard is an International Mountain Leader.
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Natasha Winnard
Natasha Winnard has taught IB Diploma Geography for the last twelve years at St Paul’s School, São Paulo, Brazil, International School Manila, Philippines and currently at Khartoum International Community School, Sudan. She holds a first class degree in geography from University College London. As well as being an experienced teacher, Natasha is an IB trained geography workshop leader. She has been the faculty member for the Geography Online Curriculum Centre (OCC) for the last four years, is a paper 1 examiner and has published a paper 1 revision guide for the Oxford Study Centre. Recently she has also been involved with developing teacher support material for the new syllabus including developing http://ibgeog2009.wikispaces.com/ with Richard Allaway.
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German
Peter Kino
Pete has taught German B at Sevenoaks School in the UK since the early 90's. He has vast experience of the IB and German B in particular. He particularly enjoys meeting and sharing ideas with other German teachers and he has led over 50 German B workshops around the world. Pete is Deputy Examiner Responsible for German B and has also been a member of the Curriculum Review Committee for B languages.
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Tanja Stege
After studying English and Russian language and literature as well as German literature at Würzburg University, Germany, with stays in the United Kingdom and Russia Tanja taught all three subjects at various school in Bavaria before she was introduced to the International Baccalaureate eight years ago. She currently teaches IB German A1 and German B at Hockerill Anglo-European College, UK, has led German A1 workshops for teachers with and without IB experience and regularly teaches Spring Revision Courses for students for the OSC in Oxford.
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Ute Reichert
Ute is head of the Language B Department at Copenhagen International School where she has taught IBDP German B HL and SL for 14 years. She is also responsible for the DP externally tutored languages B and A2. She holds a Masters degree in German as a Foreign Language and Educational Science and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Counselling. Ute has led IBDP German B workshops for new teachers for the IBO and for new DP Language B tutors at her school.
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History
Mariam Habibi
Mariam Habibi has a Masters’ Degree in Modern History from London University and a PhD from the Institut des Etudes Politiques de Paris. She has taught IB History since 1985 at the International School of Paris. An experienced IB examiner, she has been an IB workshop leader since 2003 and has run workshops for new and experienced teachers.
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Brian Mimmack
Brian holds degrees from Cambridge and Oxford Universities, and has taught in schools in many parts of the world. He is currently Humanities chairperson at the International School of Düsseldorf, Germany. He has a long working experience with the IB as Deputy Chief Examiner, External Advisor and Principal Examiner in the Diploma Programme. Brian is also involved in curriculum development and assessment for the IB, has led many teacher training workshops around the world and has been a consultant to both governments and international agencies. Brian is also co-author of a book in the Pearson Baccalaureate series entitled History: Paper One.
IBDP Coordination
Heather Arnesen
Heather Arnesen is Deputy Headteacher and IBDP Coordinator at St. Olav Upper Secondary School, in Stavanger, Norway. She has held the latter position since 1991. She currently teaches Chemistry but has also taught Biology and TOK in the IBDP programme. Heather has been leading IB workshops for 6 years both in IBDP Coordination and Chemistry. She is also a member of the IB schools authorization team.
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Mathematics
Ibrahim Wazir
Ibrahim has been head of mathematics at the American International School in Vienna since 1988. He has served as Chief Examiner for Further Math, 1999 – 2005 and Deputy Chief Examiner, Math/HL, 1995-1999, and he has been a member of the Group Curriculum Review for the last three reviews. He is also adjunct professor of mathematics/statistics at Webster University in Vienna.
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Tim Garry
Tim is Head of Mathematics & TOK at the International School of Aberdeen. He has been an IB Assistant Examiner in mathematics for the past six years, and more recently has been a Senior Examiner for IA (portfolio) moderation. Tim has taught Maths HL, SL & Studies at three different international schools and for the past fifteen years has delivered a wide range of workshops to teachers of mathematics in Europe and North America. Read Tim Garry's recommendations.
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Jane Forrest
Jane is currently Deputy Head of Rotterdam International School. A highly experienced Maths teacher, Jane was Deputy Chief Examiner for Maths Studies for 5 years, during which time she set exams, took part in grade award meetings and participated in the last curriculum review. Jane has led many workshops for both new and experienced teachers in Europe, Africa and North America.
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Richard Wade
Richard holds graduate and postgraduate degrees from Liverpool and Leeds Universities.With over 15 years teaching experience at international schools in Spain, France and The UK, he has taught Mathematics HL, SL and Studies for the last 8 years. He was drawn to France in 2001 to work at The International School of Toulouse , the first laptop school in Europe. Richard has extensive expertise in various software packages for mathematics and has delivered numerous workshop sessions in the use of GDCs, interactive whiteboards and dynamic geometry software. He is co-author of www.thinkmathematics.com , a site aiming to develop rich ideas, activities and resources to promote mathematical thinking and engagement.
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Mark Bannar Martin
A graduate of universities in Canada and New Zealand, Mark currently teaches Mathematics at Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific. He is the OCC faculty member for further Mathematics and is an examiner for both extended essays and higher level Mathematics. He is active in curriculum review and has led workshops at all levels throughout North America.
Music
Jonathan Newell
Jonathan has taught in the UK, Norway, Cairo and Vienna, and was for five years Deputy Chief Examiner for Diploma Music. He regularly leads teacher-training workshops for the IB, and has taken part in two curriculum reviews, as well as being a regular member of the Grade Award team. Jonathan works as a visiting examiner for Trinity College of Music, London, and he is a senior examiner for Trinity Guildhall international examinations. He currently lives in Oxford, UK, and directs ArtsInsight, an performing arts educational consultancy. He has a Master's in Choral Education, is an Honorary Fellow of the Cambridge Society of Musicians, and an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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Norwegian
Birte Næsheim
Birte Næsheim studied French, Norwegian and History at universities in Norway and France. She has been teaching for more than 30 years, the last 15 years at St.Olav Upper Secondary School in Stavanger, Norway. At IB she has taught Norwegian A2 and B for several years, and together with Mette Dagsland she led the Norwegian B workshop in 2004.
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Knut Gundersen
Knut Gundersen is a graduate of Oslo and Bergen Universities (cand.philol with a Master in Nordic Languages and Literature). He has 30 years of class room experience from Norway and the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales and is presently IB Coordinator at Nesbru in Norway. He has been teaching the IB since 1997, has been an IB examiner since 1999 and has just recently joined the InThinking workshop team. His main pedagogical interests are concerned with how to present literature to young people and he has advocated banning power point presentations and DVDs in literature teaching. His comments may sometimes provoke fierce discussions in the workshops, but he is by nature a kind-hearted man who also enjoys cycling, lighthouses, jazz and bad football teams.
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Mette Dagsland
Mette Dagsland studied Norwegian language for two years. She also studied Physical Education at The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo. She has been teaching Norwegian and Physical Education for more than 30 years, the last 20 years at St.Olav Upper Secondary School in Stavanger. She is CAS-coordinator and a part of IB educational leadership team, and has taught Norwegian A2 and Norwegian B for several years. Together with Birte Næsheim she led the Norwegian B workshop in Gothenburg in 2004.
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Philosophy
Paul Stachowiak
Paul was educated in Philosophy and Theology both in the United States and in Europe receiving the PhD degree from the University of Louvain, Belgium. Similarly, he has held several teaching positions in the United States and in Europe in both national and international schools. He presently serves as the Head of both the IB Philosophy and Theory of Knowledge Departments of the United World College of the Adriatic (Duino, Italy). Paul is also the current Deputy Chief Examiner in Philosophy for the International Baccalaureate Organisation. In this context, he has organised workshops in Europe, the Middle East and in the United States of America for teachers new to the IB Philosophy programme as well as for experienced IB Philosophy teachers.
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Jean-Marc Pascal
Dr Pascal holds degrees from the universities of Paris (Sorbonne) and London (UCL). He has taught Philosophy at Sherborne School (UK) for over 20 years and is currently serving as an examiner for both IB and A level Philosophy. He has previously led Philosophy workshops on Nietzsche and Sartre and has co-authored an A Level Philosophy textbook for Routledge.
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Physics
Chris Hamper
Chris Hamper read Physics at Leeds University and has been teaching ever since. His present position is at the Red Cross Nordic United World College in Norway where he has been since it opened in 1996. During this time he has had a variety of administrative roles but now prefers to concentrate on teaching physics and climbing rocks. Chris has led many workshops for new and experienced teachers in Europe and Africa, co-authored an SL Physics text book for Heinemann and designed the ICT and IB Physics website for the IBO. He is currently writing a new HL text book to be published by Heinemann in May 2009.
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Psychology
John Crane
John Crane has worked at the International School of Prague for twenty years. He is an experienced examiner, and has served on the curriculum review committee for psychology. In addition, he is the OCC (Online curriculum center) faculty member for psychology. John has done teacher workshops around Europe - both for IB Psychology and on teaching methodology for social sciences.
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Spanish
Almudena Talavera
Almudena Talavera is an IB teacher with 11 years of class experience in Spanish A1, Spanish B and French B. Her teaching career has been with the United World Colleges in Hong Kong and currently at Atlantic College in Wales. She has been an assistant IB examiner for 8 years and senior examiner (team leader) for 4 years in Spanish B. She holds masters in Spanish Language and Literature and in General Linguistics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
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Carina Gambluch
Carina Gambluch is an English and Spanish teacher and has more than 13 years' experience. She has taught English in Argentina for 3 years and Spanish in England for 8 years. She currently lives in Barcelona and teaches English. She has been an IB examiner for Spanish B for 4 years and has led workshops in England. She holds a Masters degree in Spanish as a foreign language and she is now finishing a Masters degree in English as a foreign language.
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Swedish
Håkan Westman
Håkan Westman is currently the Chief Examiner for Swedish A1 and teaches Swedish, German and Journalism at Per Brahegymnasiet in Jönköping, Sweden. He holds a MA from the University of Stockholm and has graduated from the School of Education at the University of Linköping. He started teaching Swedish A1 in 1996 and has so far run 3 workshops for Swedish A1- teachers. During his 28 years of teaching he has had three periods of being a Lecturer at universities in Moscow, Budapest and Belgrade.
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Staffan Paulsson
Staffan Paulsson has taught Swedish - as well as Philosophy and Religion - in the national Swedish programmes since the 1970s. Currently based in Helsingborg, Sweden he has taught IB Swedish A1 and Theory of Knowledge since the 1990s. He is an examiner and a senior moderator in Swedish A1. He has also taken part in the training of teachers in three subjects and is involved in helping Swedish self taught students around the world.
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Theatre
Dave Booker
Head of Theatre at Atlantic College, Dave also manages the Mousetrap Fund, producing professional productions for the College and local audiences in South Wales. He has taught and directed for 20 years, touring to the Edinburgh Festival [he'll happily bore you with his cuttings]. A graduate of Oxford University, Dave has an MA in Shakespeare Studies from Birmingham University and MA in Theatre and Production from Rose Bruford. His research area is early 20th century Soviet theatre but has become increasingly interested in Anne Bogart and SITI. Dave is a board member of St Donats Arts Centre and member of the Arts Council of Wales. He is an examiner for European Union schools and IB examiner in the past. His main distraction lies in the mountains.
Dinos Aristidou
Dinos Aristidou is a freelance artist / consultant / workshop leader based in the UK. Formerly head of Performing Arts at Vienna International School, he has worked extensively with the IBO in Diploma Theatre and the Middle Years Programme. A highly experienced IB workshop leader and school consultant, he has been actively involved in curriculum development in both areas. Dinos writes and directs, and is currently developing models of good arts practice for teachers, arts organisations and local education authorities in the UK as well as working as trainer for the new Diploma. As well as training teachers for IBDP Theatre, he often works with entire faculties in schools at elementary and high school level looking at creative and active approaches to learning and teaching across the curriculum.
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Theory of Knowledge
Richard van de Lagemaat
A graduate of Oxford University with a PhD in Philosophy, Richard van de Lagemaat is the founder and director of InThinking. With more than twenty five years experience in international education, he has been actively involved in teacher training and curriculum development since 1988. Richard has run workshops and seminars for teachers and students in fifty countries and is a regular speaker at educational conferences. His book Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma is published by Cambridge University Press and has sold more than 44,000 copies.
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Ric Sims
Richard has what might be called a portfolio career. After studying Mathematics, Philosophy and Music at the universities of Oxford, Warwick, Liverpool in the UK and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Holland he worked as a conductor and composer alongside a career in International Education. He has taught ToK for nearly 20 years in a number of European schools in combination with Maths, Music, Philosophy and Economics. He has been involved in ToK curriculum development since 1997 and was Deputy Chief Assessor 2000 - 2005. He is interested in teacher training in ToK and has led more than 50 workshops over the last ten years. He is an examiner for Economics and Music for the IBDP and teaches at Katedralskolan in Uppsala Sweden.
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Visual Arts
Birgit Jennings
Birgit is currently the visual arts department chairperson at La Châtaigneraie, International School of Geneva. She has a long working experience with the IB and is a former Chief Examiner for Visual Arts. Birgit is also involved in curriculum and assessment as well as being a visiting examiner for the IB. She has led teacher-training workshops for all levels around the world.
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SueAnn Walentuk
SueAnn is an experienced IB Visual Arts teacher, team leader, examiner and moderator with over 20 years of international teaching experience in studio arts. She also works as an examiner and table leader for the Advanced Placement Art Portfolios. SueAnn is very interested in the development of visual arts curricula, and she enjoys meeting and sharing ideas with other Visual Arts teachers. She earned her MA in Arts Education and a BFA in Studio Arts from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts in conjunction with Tufts University. SueAnn currently teaches at Zürich International School in Switzerland.
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