| Group Synthesis
You have made it! Well Done! Each pair within your team has now developed
a deeper understanding of some of the key issues that relate to Globalisation.
To help you work together and synthesise some of this material the following
tasks are to be completed.
STEP ONE:
As a team listen to the The
globalisation debate by students at Carey Grammar School (16 and 17
year old students from Dale Bennett's year eleven English class at Carey
Grammar in Melbourne, argue that globalisation may be thought of in terms
of intensified flows of people, resources, technology and ideas across
political and cultural borders). This may provide you with futher information
to inform your final decision.
STEP TWO:
Investigate the multinational companies of Nike and McDonalds. Work together
to complete a PMI
to identify the pluses, minuses and interestings of these global companies.
STEP THREE
You are now ready to find an answer to the question "What is Globalisation
and how does it impact on individuals, Australia and the World?".
As a team take the opportunity to categorise your ideas under the headings
of Me, Australia and the World using this table
to assist you in the process.
You will find that as a result of your research for each role you may
already have a clear idea of what Globalisation is and what sort of impact
it has on the world. Remember that this task is about being open minded
and looking at a whole range of areas that Globalisation impacts on.
STEP FOUR
Ensure that as you begin the teams discussion that you are ready to be
convinced of alternate viewpoints. Remember what one person may consider
to be a positive may be a negative for another.
To assist you in organising the wealth of material you have discussed
use this SWOT
Chart. A SWOT Chart is useful to help us analyse the information we
have. An awareness of the strengths and weaknesses of Globalisation is
important for us to evaluate the impact it has. By identifying opportunities
that may exist along with potential threats we are able to develop a well
rounded argument.
Us the completed chart to assist you and your team in making a final decision
on the impact of Globalisation.
STEP FIVE
You now have the opportunity to put together all your thoughts, ideas,
deliberations into a PowerPoint that will be presented to the rest of
the class and forwarded to Jacinta Allan.
Take care to address the following as you work together in this final
stage:
1.Clearly provide arguments from each of the roles (Economist, Human Rights,
Environmentalist and Anthropologist) that support the teams final response.
2. Make use of a wide variety of information such as pictures, movies,
facts, opinions, etc that you explored in order to provide clear reasons
for the teams final opinion.
3. Provide clear recommendations that the Minister can refer to in relation
to whether or not Australia should support a policy of Globalisation.
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