Global Perspectives

Global Perspectives is first introduced into the curriculum in Year 10 of Key Stage 4, as an IGCSE option. Global Perspectives provides opportunities for enquiry into, and reflection on, key issues from a personal, local/national and global viewpoint. Students will explore stimulating topics that have global significance. They will assess information critically, and explore lines of reasoning. They will learn to collaborate with others from another culture, community or country, directing much of their own learning, and developing an independence of thought. The syllabus emphasises the development and application of skills rather than the acquisition of knowledge. Students will learn valuable transferable skills that will be useful for further study, and that will also help them to develop as active citizens of their communities. The course is not about getting everyone to think identically; rather it is a matter of opening minds to the great complexity of the world and of human thought, and becoming aware of the diversity of human experience and feeling.

A summary of the IGCSE Global Perspectives syllabus, and further information about all subjects offered in Years 10 and 11 are provided in the IGCSE Prospectus, which may be downloaded here. The full syllabus for IGCSE Global Perspectives may be found by visiting the CIE website (http://www.cie.org.uk) and locating the subject via its name and/or subject code.