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IGCSE Global Perspectives

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What is the course?

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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

Topics

There are three compoents and these will be your assessments as well. Each component has a selection of topics assigned to it.

Component 1 Written Examination

Component 2 Individual Report

Component 3 Team Project

Component 1

Written Examination

• Globalisation • Law and criminality • Migration • Transport systems

• Demographic change • Education for all • Employment • Fuel and energy

Component 2

Individual Report

• Family • Humans and other species • Sustainable living • Trade and aid

• Belief systems • Biodiversity and ecosystem loss • Changing communities • Digital world

Component 3

Team Project

• Poverty and inequality • Sport and recreation • Tradition, culture and identity • Water, food and agriculture

• Conflict and peace • Disease and health • Human rights • Language and communication

Assessment

1 Written exam = 70 Marks (35%) Individual report (coursework) - 60 marks (30%) Team Prjects (Coursework) = 70 marks (35%)

Assessments

Written exam

Team Project (TP)

Individual Report (IR)

andidates write an Individual Report on one global topic from a choice of eight. With the guidance of their teacher, candidates choose from one of the specified topic areas and devise a global research question. Candidates use this question as the title for their report. The report must be between 1500 and 2000 words.

Candidates answer four compulsory questions based on source material. Candidates write all their answers in the space provided on the question paper.

Candidates devise and develop a collaborative project into an aspect of one topic from a choice of eight. Candidates submit work for two elements: Team and Personal.

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The Blog

In order to get you refleting you will be setting up a blog where you and I can communicate on work and tasks. We will be using SharePoint

This is your space so add images and videos. It does not have to be written responses. Almost anything goes, but it MUST go!

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Term 3

Term 5 (2)

Term 2

Term 4 (1)

Term 1

Skills Practice IR Practice TP

Individual report Critical Thinking Skills Exam Skills

Exams Practice

Team Project Critical thinking skills

Coursework editing Mocks