LO6 Global Significance (DP IB Creativity, Activity, Service): Revision Note

What is Learning Outcome 6 and how can students show evidence?

Understanding Learning Outcome 6 (LO6)

• Learning Outcome 6 (LO6) requires students to demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance

  • Global significance—refers to issues that have relevance beyond a local context or relate to the whole world

• The descriptor for this outcome requires students to identify and show an understanding of global issues while taking appropriate action

  • Actions can be taken at a local, national, or international level

• The goal is to develop an awareness and a sense of responsibility towards a shared humanity

  • Shared humanity—the recognition that all people, despite their differences, are part of a single human community with common rights and dignity

Engaging with global issues locally

• Students are encouraged to "think globally and act locally" by addressing worldwide concerns within their own communities

• Local situations allow for sustainable opportunities to see the long-term impact of participation

• Issues of global importance include poverty, climate change, human rights, and health

• The UN Millennium Development Goals provide a framework of global concerns students can address

  • The UN Millennium Development Goals provide one framework for global concerns students can address

• Specific local experiences might include raising awareness for human trafficking, leading school waste-management policies, or tutoring refugees

Showing evidence of engagement

• Evidence is primarily gathered through reflections stored in the CAS portfolio

  • Reflections should explicitly link a student’s local service or advocacy work to broader global themes

• Students must demonstrate that they have made responsible decisions and taken concrete actions in response to an identified issue

• Additional evidence may include photographs, videos, or planning documents that show the student’s active involvement in a global-themed project