INDIVIDUAL REPORT
STRUCTURE (COMPONENT 02 – 0457)
ELEMENTS
• WORD LIMIT 1500-2000
• PLAGIARISM ALLOWED MAXIMUM 20%
• REFERENCES MINIMUM 20
TOPIC/QUESTION
• CHOOSE A TOPIC
• CHOOSE AN AREA
• FORM A RESEARCH QUESTION (ARGUMENTATIVE, RESEARCH ORIENTED,
ISSUE FOCUSED)
• CHANGE IN CULTURE AND COMMUNITIES
• CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY AND RESOURCES
• CONFLICT AND PEACE
• DEVELOPMENT, TRADE AND AID
TOPICS (COURSE)
• DIGITAL WORLD
• EDUCATION FOR ALL
• EMPLOYMENT
• ENVIRONMENT, POLLUTION AND CONSERVATION
• GLOBALIZATION
• HEALTH AND WELLBEING
• LAW AND CRIMINALITY
• MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
• MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION
• POLITICAL POWER AND ACTION
• POVERTY AND INEQUALITY
• SOCIAL IDENTITY AND INCLUSION
• SPORT AND RECREATION
• TECHNOLOGY, INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION
INTRO (~200 WORDS)
• TOPIC
• WHY YOU CHOSE IT?
• EXPLAIN BASIC TERMS
• ADD SOME QUOTE/SOME INFO
MAIN RESEARCH/ISSUES
• AROUND 800 WORDS
• MOST OF THE REFERENCES IN THIS PART
• MAIN ISSUES AND SMALL ISSUES/MAIN INFO ABOUT THE TOPIC
COMPARISON OF ISSUES (LESS THAN 100
WORDS)
• ONE OR TWO ISSUES WHICH YOU THINK ARE MOST IMPORTANT
• ISSUES WHICH ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO RESOLVE
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
• COUNTRY WISE FOCUS ON THE TOPIC
• ANY SOLUTIONS YOUR COUNTRY MIGHT HAVE APPLIED
• ISSUES IN YOUR COUNTRY
WAY FORWARD/SOLUTIONS
• SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES
• WHAT IF THOSE SOLUTIONS ARE NOT APPLIED
• WHAT IF THESE ISSUE ARE NOT SOLVED
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE/CONCLUSION
• HOW CAN YOU CONTRIBUTE
• WHAT DO YOU THINK
• ENDING NOTE
REVIEW OF RESOURCES
• A PARAGRAPH EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESOURCES THAT
YOU HAVE USED AND THEIR AUTHENTICITY AND VALIDITY
• 150 – 200 WORDS
TIPS 1
• THE GLOBAL ISSUE THE CANDIDATES CHOOSE SHOULD BE ONE THAT
DIVIDES OPINION. IN THE INDIVIDUAL REPORT, CANDIDATES ARE
ASSESSED ON THE SKILLS OF RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, EVALUATION,
REFLECTION AND COMMUNICATION.
• CANDIDATES SHOULD FOCUS THEIR INITIAL RESEARCH ON IDENTIFYING
AND EXPLORING THE CONTEXT OF A TOPIC, CHOSEN FROM THE TOPIC
LIST. THEY SHOULD THEN SELECT A GLOBAL ISSUE OF IMPORTANCE OR
INTEREST WITH PRESENT-DAY IMPACTS. THE ISSUE CHOSEN COULD BE
ONE THAT RAISES AN ETHICAL DILEMMA OR CAUSES CONFLICT, DAMAGE,
DIFFICULTY OR HARDSHIP, OR SIMPLY LEADS TO DISAGREEMENT.
CANDIDATES SHOULD RESEARCH A RANGE OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
ON THE GLOBAL ISSUE. THE FOCUS OF THE REPORT SHOULD BE THE
PERSPECTIVES OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, GROUPS OR NATIONS.
TIPS 2
• THE PERSPECTIVES RESEARCHED, EXPLORED AND PRESENTED SHOULD
INCLUDE:
• • LOCAL AND/OR NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• • AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES. AT EACH LEVEL, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
COULD BE INCLUDED.
• FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THE REPORT COULD INCLUDE THE
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF LOCAL FARMERS AND LOCAL POLITICIANS.
• CANDIDATES SHOULD CONSIDER DIFFERENT POSSIBLE COURSES OF
ACTION. DRAWING ON THEIR ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUE, THEY SHOULD
PROPOSE A SINGLE COURSE OF ACTION TO CHANGE, IMPROVE OR RESOLVE
THE ISSUE.
TIPS 3
• CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE ISSUE SHOULD BE PRESENTED AND ANALYZED IN DEPTH.
DIFFERENT COURSES OF ACTION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, AND ONE CHOSEN AS MOST
APPROPRIATE OR EFFECTIVE. THE CHOSEN COURSE OF ACTION SHOULD BE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL,
WITH AN EXPLANATION OF HOW IT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED AND WHAT ITS IMPACT WOULD BE.
• CANDIDATES SHOULD EVALUATE THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AND THEIR SOURCES, EXPLAINING
THEIR VALUE TO THE RESEARCH AND WHETHER OR NOT THE SOURCES ARE RELIABLE AND
CREDIBLE.
• CANDIDATES SHOULD PRESENT THEIR OWN VIEW ON THE WHOLE ISSUE, REFLECTING ON:
• • THEIR RESEARCH FINDINGS
• • THEIR LEARNING
• • OTHERS’ PERSPECTIVES.
• THEY SHOULD CONCLUDE BY ANSWERING THEIR OWN QUESTION.
REFERENCES
• AUTHENTIC
• RELIABLE
• RELEVANT
• MINIMUM 20
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND APPENDIX
• RELEVANT PICTURES
• RELEVANT GRAPHS
• RELEVANT TABLES
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
QUERRIES/DISCUSSION
IS EVERYTHING CLEAR?
