Global views

Global views

WHAT IS THE COURSE?

• Gets you to investigate and reflect about a range of global issues from different perspectives – the personal, local, national and global
• Multi-disciplined: you will study everything from sport to climate change to law
• Skills based: you will develop a range of skills, including planning, research, collaboration, evaluation, reasoning, critical thinking and communication skills
• Emphasises cross-cultural collaboration – at times you will carry out individual research into a topic of your choice, but you will also work on a group project, involving 2 or 3 other students from the class, and students in other schools and countries

WHAT ARE THE TOPICS?

• - Belief Systems
• - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Loss
• - Climate Change
• - Conflict and Peace
• - Disease and Health
• - Education For All
• - Employment
• - Family and Demographic Change •
• - Fuel and Energy
• - Humans and Other Species

• - Language and Communication
• - Law and Criminality
• - Poverty and Inequality
• - Sport and Recreation
• - Technology and the Economic Divide
• - Trade and Aid

- Tradition, Culture and Identity

• - Transport and Infrastructure
• - Urbanisation
• - Water, Food and Agriculture

HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?

• 70% internally assessed coursework
• 30% externally assessed exam
• Coursework:
• Two pieces of Individual Research that each result in a final report (marked out of 40 and worth 20% each of the IGCSE)
• One Group Project that results in a practical outcome and report, which is also then individually evaluated (Group report marked out of 20 and the Individual evaluation marked out of 40; combined worth 30% of the IGCSE)
• Exam:
• One 1hr 15m exam worth 30% of the IGCSE

WHAT FORM DO THE REPORTS, AND ASSESSMENT OF THEM, TAKE?

• Set a question to investigate
• Identify the issues involved, looking at them from

different perspectives

• Explore the causes, effects and current situation
• Identify and evaluate possible scenarios
• Explore possible courses of action
• Self-evaluation: what have I learnt, or what might I change about my life as a result of my study?

WHY TAKE IGCSE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES?

• Globalisation
• Broaden your mind, knowledge and self-awareness
• Investigate areas of interest not offered elsewhere in the curriculum
• Strong element of personal choice
• Opportunities for both independent learning and collaboration
• Sense of achievement of a practical outcome
• Develop a broad range of skills essential for the IB and beyond (including planning, researching, analysing and evaluating, report writing, time management, presentation)
• 70% coursework, so less exam stress in Year 11
• Shows breadth of knowledge, understanding of multiple perspectives

and a world view