GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE CAMBRIDGE IGCSE: KEY TERMS

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE CAMBRIDGE IGCSE: KEY TERMS.

1. KEY TERMS GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES CAMBRIDGE IGCSE P1

2. ANALYSIS Breaking down of a global topic into issues and exploring the causes of issues.

3. ARGUMENT A line of reasoning given to support an idea, action, perspective or issue.

4. ASSESSMENT Formative assessment enables the teacher to assess progress against learning objectives and give feedback to move learners on. Summative assessment (Written Examination, Individual Report and Team Project for Cambridge IGCSE/O Level Global Perspectives) measures achievement against assessment criteria.

5. BIAS Unfairly prejudiced for or against something or someone.

6. CAUSE Responsible for making something happen.

7. CITATION A quotation from or reference to a book or author.

8. COLLABORATION When two or more individuals work together to solve a problem.

9. CONSEQUENCE A result or effect of something.

10. CONSTRUCTIVIST (Active ) methods of learning in which the learner is actively engaged in skills’ development.

11. COURSE OF ACTION An action or solution to an issue/problem.

12. EMPATHY The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

13. EVALUATION An appraisal of something to determine its worth/effectiveness for purpose.

14. EVIDENCE The available facts or information indicating whether something is true or valid.

15. FACT Something that is known or can be proved to be true.

16. GLOBAL Relating to the whole world.

17. ISSUE An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

18. LEARNER NEEDS These may be emotional, physical or personal and there is no doubt that each student has individual interests, aptitudes and skill confidences .

19. LOCAL Related to a particular area or neighbourhood.

20. NATIONAL Related to a particular country/common to a whole nation.

21. OPINION A view or judgement formed about something, not based on fact or knowledge.

22. OUTCOME The final product following a period of collaboration to achieve the project aim(s).

23. PERSONAL Relating to self rather than anyone else.

24. PERSPECTIVE A particular attitude towards or way of regarding something.

25. POINT OF VIEW A particular attitude, perspective or way of looking at an issue.

26. PREDICTION What someone thinks will happen in the future.

27. PROCESSES Ways of working.

28. REASONING Thinking about something in a logical, coherent way.

29. REFERENCES Citation or quotation of a source of information reproduced in a report.

30. REFLECTION Thinking about or considering something in depth.

31. RELIABILITY The extent to which an experiment, test, or measuring procedure gets the same results every time .

32. TREND A general direction in which something is developing or changing.

33. VALIDITY The extent that an experiment or test measures what it is supposed to measure.

34. VALUE JUDGEMENT An assessment of something as good or bad in terms of someone’s standards or priorities .

35. VESTED INTEREST A personal reason for involvement in an undertaking or situation, especially expecting financial or some other gain.