The Global Perspectives Critical Path

Global Perspectives is not a subject you revise by memorising facts. There is no syllabus of dates, formulae or definitions to learn by heart. Instead you are taught a way of thinking: how to research a real global issue, weigh the evidence, listen fairly to people who see it differently, build a reasoned argument and reflect honestly on what you have learned. Cambridge calls this set of skills the Critical Path, and it is the spine that runs through the whole course.

This opening lesson gives you the map of the course. You will see what each Critical Path skill is and how the skills connect, why every issue is examined from three perspectives (personal, local or national, and global), and exactly how the three assessment components, the Written Exam, the Individual Report and the Team Project, reward those skills. Get this map clear now and every later lesson will make more sense.