Students:Globalization and Sustainable Development 2012/2013

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What is Globalization?

To receive insight into the globalization process and its consequences, use the following resources. Concentrate on the topic of your interest (e.g. the environment) and try to develop your own research question that will guide your readings (e.g. is globalization in principle pro- or anti-environmental, and what are the driving forces of environmental degradation?):

  • Educational materials from the Levin Institute[1]. Basic information on most of the globalisation issues and a very up-to-date overview of news.
  • Globalization website [2]. Slightly outdated resource but provides very useful glossary, brief overview of globalisation debates, and insight into most important theories.

What is a case study?

Read more about case study development! And consider when case studies might be used - as a method of research...

"The case study is most useful for generating hypotheses, whereas other methods are more suitable for hypotheses testing and theory building."[3]

...or as a well-developed method in teaching/learning[4]. In this course it will serve as a tool for cooperative work on a specific globalization theme.

Write it yourselves!

While case study research has its specifics, the writing process is similar to any other academic discourse.

Writing assistant

  • Blank page is a template with relevant instructions - start your writing process here:
  • Writing manual is a good overview of writing techniques - pay attention to the ethical rules which need to be observed carefully!

Examples for your work

Assessment

Throughout the e-learning courses, students´ outcomes - texts - are assessed with regard to following criteria:

References

  1. Levin Institute, Globalization101.org page [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://www.globalization101.org/what-is-globalization/ (American perspective)
  2. Lechner, F. et al. (2001) The Globalization website. [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from [http://www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/. Excellent resource for hyperlinks to issues, theories and especially news from various sources.
  3. Case study. (2010, November 15). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:40, November 25, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Case_study&oldid=396806238
  4. ETH Zurich, Natural and Social Science Interface (NSSI): Transdisciplinarity Laboratory (TdLab) [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://www.uns.ethz.ch/translab/index

Other sources