Global contexts flashcards

Topic 4: 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.

Which global context do many I&S inquiries focus on?

Orientation in space and time (turning points, connections, when and where). Teachers must identify a global context for every unit and are encouraged to use the other contexts too.

What does the fairness and development context ask in I&S?

Who has rights, access and opportunity, and why there is inequality — for example measuring income inequality or the minimum wage debate.

What does the globalization and sustainability context ask in I&S?

How the local and the global are linked, and what the long-term effects are — for example rainforest cleared for oil palm plantations.

How do you write a statement of inquiry for an I&S unit?

Pick a key concept, one or two related concepts and a global context; write one sentence linking them with no names or dates; test that it could guide a unit on a different topic.

Give a transferable statement of inquiry for a unit on the 1930s Dust Bowl

Key concept change; related concepts causality and sustainability; context globalization and sustainability: "Farming choices that ignore the limits of the land can damage environments and livelihoods for a generation." It also fits overgrazing.

Factual, conceptual and debatable inquiry questions

Factual questions have an answer you can look up. Conceptual questions explore a transferable big idea. Debatable questions have more than one defensible answer and invite argument.