Welcome to Global Perspectives

NIS Aktobe 2013-2014

Information about me

1. I have been in Hong Kong.2. I have studied in China.3.I was born in Aktobe.4.I’ve got two diplomas of higher education.5.I have one brother. 6. I like rainy weather.

Maimakov Assylbek Kuanyshbekovich

Map of the world

Global

Relates to or affects all nations and the whole planet

Issue

Something that causes concern or debate

What global issues do you know?

Perspective

A way of seeing or point of view

Global Perspectives

What do you think the course Global Perspectives will study?

What do you expect from the course?

What is Global Perspectives

Global Perspectives aims to:

help to broaden your outlooks and to develop the skills you will need to cope with the demands of the 21 century.

What is Global Perspectives The Global Perspectives program is based firmly on the development of skills rather than acquiring a specific body of knowledge. Through the study of a range of global issues learners will:

• critically examine different perspectives and points of view;

• develop thinking and reasoning skills;

• enhance skills of research and inquiry;

• learn to use and evaluate evidence;

• reflect upon their own perspectives and learning;

• improve communication skills.

Why Study Global Perspectives Global Perspectives aims to:

prepare you for further education and life-long learning across a range of disciplines by helping you to be:

adept in working with information and ideas – your own and those of others;

responsible for yourselves, responsive to and respectful of others;

innovative and equipped for new and future challenges;

engaged intellectually and socially, ready to make a difference.

What skills GP develops? Inquiry (исследование, изучение)

problem solving (решение проблем)

critical thinking (критическое мышление)

independent learning (самостоятельное обучение)

collaboration (сотрудничество)

information handling (умение обрабатывать информацию)

creating and designing (проектирование и дизайн)

practical skills (практические навыки)

You will have to:

Process growing amounts of new information;

Respond sensitively to other cultures and ways of life;

Critically assess competing perspectives and points of view;

Develop your own perspectives;

Respond to change, new issues and solve problems;

Work independently and collaboratively in teams.

What skills GP develops?

newspapers from around the worldJournals and magazinesbooks – fiction and non-fictionfilm and video materialaudio materialwebsites and general literature from charities, non-governmental organizations,government organizations, transnational organizations (such as the UN, the World Bank, NATO)internet websites in generalsocial mediadictionariesrelevant text books

Resources you will use…

You will study global issues such as:

Alternative energy Climate change Education in the world Impact of the internet Law and criminality Migration and work Water, food and agriculture Urbanization Language and communication Environment and pollution

Topics you will study…

Assessment PointClassroom Assessme

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Internal Summative Assessment

External Summative Assessment

Termly Grades 30% 70% 0%

Final Attestation with ESA 25% 25% 50%

Assessment

The following proportion of each strand of assessment is suggested:

Assessment

The following proportion of each strand of assessment is suggested:

Terms Summative assessment

1 Written Paper

2 Written Paper

3 Research essay

4 Written Paper