Lower Secondary Global Perspectives 1129: Stages 7 and 8

Analysis

Collaboration

Communication

Evaluation

Reflection

Research

Identifying perspectives

Interpreting data

Making connections

Solving problems

Working together

Being an effective team

Communicating information

Listening and responding

Evaluating sources

Evaluating perspectives and arguments

Personal contribution

Teamwork

Personal perpectives

Personal learning

Constructing research questions

Information skills

Conducting research

Recording findings

Identify ideas and evidence from different perspectives within different sources, on a given issue.

Explain how graphical or numerical data supports an argument or a perspective.

Explain causes of a local or global issue and consequences on others.

Suggest and justify different actions to make a positive difference to a national or global issue.

Work positively within a team to achieve a shared outcome and improve teamwork, for example by contributing useful ideas, offering solutions to problems, encouraging other team members to participate and being open to others' ideas.

The team assigns roles and divides tasks fairly, considering the skills of team members and the time available, resolves disagreements and works together to achieve a shared outcome.

Present information and arguments clearly with some reasoning, referencing sources where appropriate.

Listen to ideas and information and offer relevant and well-judged contributions that demonstrate understanding of the issue.

Evaluate sources, considering the author and purpose, recognising that some sources may be more credible than others.

Discuss the effectiveness of an argument, making explicit reference to its structure and use of evidence.

Explain personal contribution to teamwork and identify targets for improvement.

Consider the benefits and challenges of teamwork experienced when working together to achieve a shared outcome.

Consider ways that personal perspective on an issue may have changed as a result of conducting research or exploring different perspectives.

Identify skills learned or improved during an activity and relate to personal strengths and areas for improvement.

Construct relevant research questions.

Identify and begin to reference a range of print and multimedia sources and use them to locate relevant information and answer research questions.

Select an appropriate method and conduct research to test predictions and begin to answer a research question.

Select, organise and record relevant information from a range of sources and findings from primary research, using appropriate methods.