Year 10 Subject Guide 2020

GLOBAL POLITICS

Year 10 MYP

Subject Outline The Global Politics course explores fundamental political concepts such as power, equality, sustainability, and peace in a range of contexts and at a variety of levels. It allows students to develop an understanding of the local, national, international and global dimensions of political activity, as well as allowing them the opportunity to explore political issues affecting their own lives. Global Politics draws on a variety of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. It helps students to understand abstract political concepts by grounding them in real world examples and case studies, and also invites comparison between such examples and case studies to ensure a transnational perspective. Developing international mindedness and an awareness of multiple perspectives is at the heart of this course. It encourages dialogue and debate, nurturing the capacity to interpret competing and contestable claims. This course is an interdisciplinary and multi- disciplinary exploration of rapid social, political and economic change.

Pathways Skills from Global Politics will assist in preparation for the following Year 11 and 12 QCCA Senior Programme or the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Year 11 2019:

As part of the Queensland Certificate of Education: - Ancient History - Modern History - Philosophy and Reason As part of the IB Diploma Programme: - History - Philosophy - Global Politics (to be confirmed)

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MYP Objectives The aims of the teaching of Global Politics are to encourage and enable students to:  appreciate human and environmental commonalities and diversity  understand the interactions and interdependence of individuals, societies and the environment  understand how both environmental and human systems operate and evolve  identify and develop concern for the well- being of human communities and the natural environment  act as responsible citizens of local and global communities  develop inquiry skills that lead towards conceptual understandings of the relationships between individuals, societies and the environments in which they live.

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