GP Chapter 1 NEW

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Global perspectives year 1

Chapter 1: The Critical Path

Today's Objective:

- You know what the Critical Path is.

- You know how to go from the Global Topics to issues relating to them.

- You can approach issues from different angels before 

drawing conclusions. 

Perspectives

Knowledge

Skills

What type of learner are you?

Visual

Auditory

Reading/Writing

Kinaesthetic

Please note:

"In a way, it doesn't [matter necessarily]: the four categories are not fixed and there have been other studies which have extended the groupings further." (Gould et al., 2021, p.3)

• Key message: "... it is important to understand your own capabilities, both what you can do well and what you struggle with ..." (p.3)

Write a personal review of yourself in the third person, outlining your attributes and weakness as a learner.
Step 1: look at the list of skills under activity 2, p. 3;
Step 2: consult the assignment 'reflective plenary'
on p. 5 for more explanation.

TOPIC

• broad areas of interest that have global significance

ISSUE

• specific, more precisely defined aspects within a topic that can provide opportunities for further focused research

What sort of issues
do you notice in the world
around us?

Activity 2+3 p. 8

Step 1: do activity 2, p.8, with your group. (5 min)

Step 2: Individually: do activity 3a, p.8. Take notes! (5 min)

Step 3: (activity 3b) present your two points of view pertaining to your issue and ask your group to respond and share their ideas/opinions.

a moment of reflection

Consider these questions:

1. What was the response of my group?

2. Do you agree with their views?

3. If their views were different: how does that make me feel?

4. What are my own opinions and knowledge based on?

4. What would I need to do if I wanted to know more about this issue?

5. What questions would I need to ask?

Topics, themes and issues

p. 9 (reading together)

1.3

Deconstruction

Reflection

Reconstruction

What does the word
'deconstruction' mean to you?

What does the word
'reconstruction' mean to you?

What does the word
'reflection' mean to you?

Reading  p. 11-13

kialo 

Debates on global issues

https://www.kialo.com/

Write your own short definition of
'deconstruction' and provide a brief example of how you think it might be used. (also copy into a 'notes-file' or notebook)

Write your own short definition of
'reconstruction' and provide a brief example of how you think it might be used. (also copy into a 'notes-file' or notebook)

Write your own short definition of
'reflection' and provide a brief example of how you think it might be used. (also copy into a 'notes-file' or notebook)

last GP class

1. What's the difference between a topic and an issue?
2. Can you give an example?
3. What is a theme? Can you remember which themes you can apply to topics or issues within the scope of this GP book?
4. Can you apply these themes to the topic of: rising sea levels? (with a partner - take two minutes).
5. Can you explain the critical path?

                                                                                  We're ready to proceed!

Activity 1 p. 15

Read Text 1 and write a brief summary.
(first in a document, then submit here)

Read Text 2 and write a brief summary.
(first in a document, then submit here)

Which text mentions (more) positive outcomes of eco-tourism?

Text 1

Text 2

Which of the 'global topics' (p. 6) are both texts related to?

Now look at Bethany's grid on p. 18

Which of these topics feature the strongest in both texts (and could/should be your focus for further analysis)?

Animal rights

Environmental priorities

Quality of life

Sustainable futures

Tourism

Which of these themes (p. 9) feature the strongest in both texts (and could/should be your focus for further research)?

Ethics

Environment

Economics

Culture

Technology

Science

Politics

Now look at Bethany's grid on p. 19

Final Assignment

1. Write a short summary (key points) of both texts.

2. Note which of the global topics from p. 6 each text is related to.

3. Make a grid with your global topics in the first column, as Bethany did on p. 18.

4. Decide on the topic most present in both articles and note which themes from p. 9 are most suitable for further research/analysis.

5. Come up with issues for each theme, as Bethany did on p. 19.

What do you take away from this lesson?
(or what have your learnt)