Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives
Meeting government ministers, organising a local river clean-up project and writing to the United Nations about climate change, are just some of the activities learners are pursuing through the Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives course. Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives is a groundbreaking and stimulating course that stretches across traditional subject boundaries and develops transferable skills. It is both cross-curricular and skills-based and taps into the way learners of today enjoy learning, including team work, presentations, projects, and working with other learners around the world. The emphasis is on developing the ability to think critically about a range of global issues where there is always more than one point of view.
Aims of the Syllabus
The aims are to enable learners to-
• Become independent and empowered to take their place in an ever-changing, information-heavy, interconnected world
• Develop an analytical, evaluative grasp of global issues and their causes, consequences and possible courses of action
• Enquire into, and refl ect on, issues independently and in collaboration with others from different cultural perspectives
• Work independently as well as part of a team, directing much of their own learning with the teacher as an active facilitator
• Consider important issues from personal, local and/or national and global perspectives and understand the links between these
• Critically assess the information available to them and support judgements with lines of reasoning
• Communicate and empathise with the needs and rights of others.
Syllabus
Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives candidates will have opportunities to acquire and apply a range of skills to support them in these challenges, including-
• Researching, analysing and evaluating information
• Developing and justifying a line of reasoning
• Refl ecting on processes and outcomes
• Communicating information and reasoning
• Collaborating to achieve a common outcome.
Objectives of Assessment
1. Research, analysis and evaluation
Candidates should be able to-
• Design and carry out research into current global issues, their causes, consequences and possible course(s) of action
• Use evidence to support claims, arguments and perspectives
• Identify and analyse issues, arguments and perspectives
• Analyse and evaluate the evidence and reasoning used to support claims, arguments and perspectives
• Analyse and evaluate sources and/or processes to support research, arguments, perspectives and an outcome
• Develop a line of reasoning to support an argument, a perspective, course(s) of action or outcome.
2. Reflection
Candidates should be able to-
• Consider different perspectives objectively and with empathy
• Justify personal perspective(s) using evidence and reasoning
• Consider how research, engagement with different perspectives and working as part of a team, have influenced personal learning.
3. Communication and collaboration
Candidates should be able to-
• Select and present relevant arguments, evidence and perspectives clearly and with structure
• Present research, and include citations and references
• Contribute to the shared purpose and outcome of the Team Project
Assessment
Component 1 Written Examination
Candidates answer four compulsory questions based on a range of sources provided with the paper. Questions 1–4 are worth 12, 14, 20 and 24 marks. Sources will present a global issue from a range of perspectives, personal, local and/or national, global, and will be drawn from a list of eight topics. This component is externally assessed.
70 marks
Weighting- 35%
1 hour 15 minutes
Component 2 Individual Report
Candidates research one topic area (from a choice of eight) of personal, local and/or national and global signifi cance and submit one report based on their research. The title is devised by candidates themselves. The report must be 1500–2000 words and written in continuous prose. This component is internally set and externally marked.
60 marks
Weighting- 30%
Component 3 Team Project
Candidates devise and develop a collaborative project into an aspect of one topic
(from a choice of eight). This choice of project must allow for the exploration of
different cultural perspectives.
The Team Project comprises two elements.
-Team Element
Candidates produce as a team one Outcome and one Explanation as a collaboration.
The Explanation must be 200–300 words.
(10 marks)
-Personal Element
Candidates each write a Refl ective Paper on their research, contribution and personal learning. The paper must be 750–1000 words.
(60 marks)
This component is internally assessed and externally moderated.
70 marks
Weighting- 35%
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