GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
INDIVIDUAL REPORT
What is an IR?
Your individual report on your project topic should present your particular area of
responsibility in more detail and should be related to the group's presentation. It
should be individually done - i.e. written by just you, and focusing on your area of
responsibility.
In Global Perspective, IR comes under component 2 and the following topics are
under IR:
Arts in society
Change in culture and communities
Climate change, energy and resources
Conflict and peace
Development, trade and aid
Digital world
Education for all
Employment
Environment, pollution and conservation
Globalization
Health and wellbeing
Law and criminality
Media and communication
Migration and urbanization
Political power and action
Poverty and inequality
Social identity and inclusion
Sport and recreation
Technology, industry and innovation
Transport, travel and tourism
Values and beliefs
Water, food and agriculture
Expectations from the candidates:
Students explore issues within the topic, and answer their global research question
from local and/or national and global perspectives. They conclude their report
by indicating how their research has impacted their personal perspective.
Students may structure their report in equally valid and different ways. They might
consider the situation in their own country and locality depending on the availability
of relevant evidence. As a conclusion, they might explore the effects on society
giving their personal perspective in response to their question and using evidence
from their research.
This sets out one possible approach. Other possible approaches could be equally
acceptable. Students should focus their research initially on identifying and
exploring the context of a current global topic. They should then consider the
issues within that topic, according to their global research question, from a range
of perspectives. These include local and/or national and global perspectives,
and different viewpoints within these (for example, those of farmers and local
politicians). By engaging with these perspectives, students can demonstrate that
they understand the arguments, reasoning or claims upon which these
perspectives are based. students should consider the causes,
consequences and possible courses of action of the issue(s) in question.
The report must be written in continuous text and should not incorporate
multimedia. There should be no use of emails, blogs and posters. Students can
include tables, diagrams and photographs. These must be integral to the
argument. Any text must be included as part of the word-count.
Candidate submit on IR
The IR should be coherent and clearly structured with arguments, evidence
and perspectives presented clearly.
Candidates are expected use source and information to provide evidence for
the argument, and to support their question.
It should be written in continuous prose and be between 1500-2000 words
long.
Multimedia could include tables, diagrams, graphs as appropriate.
Text Font should be ‘ARIAL’
Text Size should be ‘12’
Line spacing should be ‘1.5’
Part 1- COVER PAGE (must have)
SAMPLE OF COVER PAGE
0457 IGCSE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Individual Report- Component 2
Session March 2022
Centre name SVKM JV Parekh International School
Centre number IN688
Candidate name Divyam Sanghavi
Candidate number 0008
List of files in this submission 1
GP Topic area Changing Communities
Research question Does Social Mobility Truly Diversify One’s Roots?
Total Word Count 2077 Words
Part 2- INDEX
SAMPLE OF INDEX
1. Introduction
2. Causes
3. Consequences
4. Global Perspectives
5. National Perspectives
6. Local Perspectives (Optional)
7. Course of Action
8. Personal Perspectives
9. Conclusion
10. Appendix
11. Bibliography
Part 3- INTRODUCTION
Brief intro about your question
It’s good to include a few quotes related to the question
Around 300-400 words
It is a kind of background and a brief description of what you are writing next.
It sets out the issues the report intends to explore and gives the perspectives
as global and national.
Part 4- CAUSES
Should be able to identify the reasons behind the issue chosen
Are these causes compared in a way that establishes the most important
ones to formulate the course of action?
150-200 words
Part 5- CONSEQUENCES
Is your able to find the consequences?
Consequences should be able to formulate with the course of action
150-200 words
Part 6 - GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
You must compare at least 3 countries.
Choose 1 developed country, 1 developing country and 1 under developed
country.
You can include your home country here,
Brief introduction on the country’s progress in the chosen field and speak
globally.
250-300 words
Part 7- NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Must be country you are giving examination in (India)
100- 150 words
Mention the country’s progress on the chosen topic.
Must include date, quotes, etc to support your argument.
Part 8- PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
Mention your school
Mention your family and personal experiences. Example; Technology in
Education. Describe how technology is used in your school.
100-150 words.
Part 9- COURSE OF ACTION? ... WHAT CAN WE DO?
Try to suggest a way or possible ways of solving this global problem.
It should be a straight point.
It should be formulated and developed in a logical way
250-300 words.
Part 10- PERSONAL RESPONSE AND CONCLUSION
This the final statement and answer to the question
After your entire project, what all you have understood and learned
The conclusion should be clear and concise and give the learners’ personal
perspective after consideration of the evidence presented in the main body of
their work. The conclusion is where learners reflect on the impact on their
research on their personal perspective(s).
200-300 words.
REFERENCING AND CITATION
Try to copy all the links and books that you have used
Include links sub-pages:
Ex: www.bbcnews.com/pages/environment_pages.
All the links must be hyperlinked (it is usually automatically hyperlinked by the
computer) when the link is shown blue.
Bibliography must be given in MLA format where you can check your work
with https://www.mybib.com/tools/mla-citation-generator
You can also add appendix for any extra information you are covering like
any survey, interview, etc.
TOPIC AND ACADEMIC HONESTY
Avoid plagiarism (the attempt to pass off another’s work as the
candidate’sown): all forms of plagiarism are not allowed in this exam.
Some candidates wrongly assume that they can reproduce verbatim
material from a source listed in the reference section without direct in-text
attribution.
For instance, a candidate might copy a sentence or paragraph from an online
article in a reference list in the end. This is not acceptable. To avoid
plagiarism, the reproduced material in the essay must be identified clearly and
immediately as another’s work, e.g. by enclosing it in quotation marks and
including a footnote, endnote, parenthetical citations.
