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[swagmeister]

So I have been preparing my case study, but I am a bit confused as to what I need to cover - the structure I have done right now which the Creative textbook recommends is:

Recommended Creative Textbook Structure

Impact of globalisation

• quality of life
• unemployment
• environment
• economic growth
• external stability
• income and wealth distribution
• international business cycle
• inflation
• trade
• TNC's
• Investment
• GFC

Policies

• short term
• long term growth strategies
• long term development strategies
• GFC policy changes

but then what seems to be more of a basic structure for it is:
Basic Structure

• international convergence
• economic growth, development and the quality of life
• trade, investment and transnational corporations
• distribution of income and wealth
• environmental consequences
• financial markets
• the international business cycle
• implications for government economic policies.

Is the structure for impact of globalisation recommended by the Creative textbook a bit overkill, do I need to know things in relation to external stability, inflation etc for my case study country? or would I be best just sticking to the basic structure? I think the reason for recommending the more complicated structure was that so when you have covered all the topics, you are able to compare another economy to more of these aspects

 

[Smooth Operator]

Looks pretty comprehensive. Pretty much look over the dot points for topic 1 syllabus and if any stand out include them in to your case study. Your problems and strategies are a main focus. It's good to have all those facts and figures too on trade flows and quality of life etc..

 

[swagmeister]

Bump. Currently preparing more detailed notes on my case study for the half-yearly and practising writing responses but not sure whether I should use the Creative textbook recommended structure or the more generic simplistic structure. Any thoughts would really be appreciated

 

[RivalryofTroll]

So the syllabus says:

Undertake a case study of the influence of globalisation on an economy other than Australia, including an evaluation of the strategies used to promote economic growth and development in this economy.

In past exams, you'll notice that the question will be either about:
(1) Influence of globalisation on an economy other than Australia - e.g. impact on the economy's distribution of income and wealth, impact on the economy's capacity for environmental sustainability, etc. (They 'usually' specify TWO influences of globalisation so you won't need to cover EVERYTHING --> if they don't specify, choose your strongest/best ones)
(2) Strategies used to promote economic growth and development in your chosen economy.

In other words, there's two question types.

These are the points that are emphasised throughout topic 1:
- Economic growth and development
- Distribution of income & wealth
- Trade
- Financial markets
- Investment and TNCs
- Environmental sustainability
- International business cycle

So that being said, I think the ''BASIC STRUCTURE'' that you're talking about will suffice.

If you did a MEGA ESSAY (which will be used for revision of your case study) with these two questions, I'm sure 8 or so body paragraphs on the impacts of globalisation will be enough to handle (you'll also have paragraphs on STRATEGIES/POLICIES too).

However, I do like the POLICIES structure (i.e. strategies used to promote growth and development) suggested by the Creative Textbook. It's a good way to approach it.

 

[mreditor16]

I completely agree with all that RoT has to say! He's pretty much covered everything! But just a few important points I think should be raised -

Firstly, the 'basic structure' you suggest seems to be very similar to the one offered in the syllabus when it talks about researching your case study country, and that's another reason for me recommending preparing and compiling notes using that as your structure. Tbh since this is the structure and terminology used by BOSTES in the syllabus, they will give you Qs in your HSC exam that draw upon those dot points (e.g. I doubt they would give a question specifically mentioning the GFC, but they are more likely to ask a question mentioning the international business cycle and you could then possibly talk about the GFC). What I am trying to say is that, just like English essay questions for Area of Study, nearly always BOSTES asks a question about one of the key terms mentioned in the syllabus section on the case study. For example, the syllabus section mentions "environmental sustainability" not "environmental agreements", so pretty much BOSTES if asking about the environment in relation to the case study topic, will ask a Q about environmental sustainability (where you do get an opportunity to talk about environmental agreements) but pretty much would never specifically ask about environmental agreements. This all reflects how the syllabus is what is referred to when setting the exam!

Also, a risk you run with choosing to base your study and notes off the complicated structure is that you need to cover more topics (some of which imo will never be asked about specifically, because it is not mentioned in the syllabus) and thus it might lead to your depth of knowledge in each section being less, when trying to make sure you remember information on each section. And this can be critical, because if you are sacrificing depth, than in your exam responses, you are preventing yourself from scoring them high marks. So also keep that in mind. Also, you will be 'wasting' time researching and memorising on some of those 'wont-be-tested-pretty-much-cos-not-in-syllabus' topics, whereas you can be allocating that time to better learning the other case study dot points.