摘要：The concept of Geography textbooks in the IB Diploma Programme reflects theconcept of geographical education in this programme. The choice of textbooks isquite a challenge for teachers, as they have to meet special conditions to reachobjectives. Changes in curricula that take place every nine or ten years cause thecontinuous search for new concepts of textbooks. Numerous changes in subsequenteditions of books show this. Their innovation can be assessed from the point ofview of the Polish didactic concept as the other reference point makes it easy todraw attention to new, unusual and interesting elements. The main goal of thearticle is to assess the innovative elements of the textbooks used in the IB DiplomaProgramme from the points of view of teachers and students taking part in theprogramme. A reference to the concept of Polish books allows for reflective analysisof textbooks and their role in teaching and learning Geography. The author hascarried out the survey and interview among six groups of students of High SchoolNo. 3 in Gdansk as well as among teachers in Poland working in the IB Programme.Despite the existence of many innovative elements, it cannot be clearly stated thatIB textbooks fulfil all the expectations of their users. Some elements are criticized.It means that there are no ideal textbooks on the market but there are manysuccessful attempts to improve their quality.
