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Topic 3: Global contexts
- What are the six MYP global contexts?
- Identities and relationships; orientation in space and time; personal and cultural expression; scientific and technical innovation; globalization and sustainability; fairness and development.
- What does a global context do in a design project?
- It is the real-world lens for the unit: it decides which problem you pick out of the design situation, who you research and what you test.
- Design situation versus problem statement
- A design situation is the open starting scenario you are given. A problem statement is narrow and written by you: one specific, evidenced need for a named client or audience, naming no solution.
- How do you write a problem statement from a design situation?
- [Audience] need(s) a way to [need] because [evidence], within [constraints]. Check: one audience, one need, evidence included, no solution named, testable.
- Innovation (related concept) versus scientific and technical innovation (global context)
- Innovation is a concept to understand within design. Scientific and technical innovation is the lens for a whole unit. The same applies to sustainability versus globalization and sustainability: say which role you mean.
- What is a context-linked success criterion?
- A measurable target that only makes sense because of the chosen global context — for example, for fairness and development, the share of under-served users who can use the product unaided.
- Product, digital and combined design
- Product design: a physical object made from materials. Digital design: on screen or in software (site, app, game, animation). Combined: physical and digital parts working together as one solution.