GP-AIMS


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• __To become aware of a range of global themes__ and issues, viewed from personal, local, national and global perspectives, and of the connections between them.

• __To develop insights into the causes__ of these issues, and their possible future effects on the planet and on humanity.

• __To develop insights into the candidate’s own nature__, circumstances and possible future, as a member of the human race, but also as an individual with unique biological and cultural inheritances.

• To develop the disposition __to engage in enquiry__, especially areas – such as philosophical, spiritual, ethical and political enquiry – that __draw out very different perspectives on global themes__ and issues .

• __To develop the disposition to engage in dialogue__, collaboration and action, to share and compare experiences, feelings, ideas, ideals, projects and practices with those immediately around them, but also __with those living in other countries and/or cultures.__

• To develop the dispositions of reflection and evaluation, i.e. thinking about experiences, observations, data, feelings, ideas, ideals, projects and practices – their own and others’ – with a view to seeing whether and __how such things might be improved__ __. __

• To develop the disposition to seek clarity and __develop a personal viewpoint__, wherever possible, in relation to the global themes and issues studied.