[vc_row type=”vc_default” full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1543765309289{margin-top: -70px !important;background-color: #cc0000 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Social Studies” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1543572889442{margin-top: -25px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]In grades 9 and 10 social studies classes, students explore ideas associate with History and Economics:<\/b><\/p>\n
In grades 9 and 10 social studies, students continue to explore and evaluate ideas and arguments in a structured, critical, and analytical way through the study of history and economics. Students are encouraged to communicate and defend views and opinions as well as respect those of others. This ensures that students are equipped to participate constructively in society and the economy \u2013 locally, nationally and globally.<\/span><\/p>\n Throughout the history course, students are given the opportunity to:<\/b><\/p>\n Throughout the economics course, students are given the opportunity to:<\/b><\/p>\n In grades 11 and 12 social studies classes, students choose one of the two IB courses offered at MEFIS:<\/b><\/p>\n The aims of all subjects in IB Individuals and Societies are to:<\/b><\/p>\n Students are assessed both internally and externally at the end of Grade 12 through IB examinations. The internally assessed components are also externally moderated by IB.<\/b><\/p>\n IB Economics is a dynamic social science, forming part of the study of individuals and societies. The study of economics is essentially about the concept of scarcity and the problem of resource allocation. Although economics involves the formulation of theory, it is not a purely theoretical subject: economic theories can be applied to real-world examples. Neither is economics a discrete subject since economics incorporates elements of history, geography, psychology, sociology, political studies and many other related fields of study.<\/span><\/p>\n The scientific approach characterizes the standard methodology of economics. This methodology progresses from problem identification and hypothesis formulation to testing to arrive at a conclusion. Alongside the empirical observations of positive economics, students of the subject are asked to formulate normative questions. Encouraging students to explore such questions forms the central focus of the economics course.<\/span><\/p>\n The IB Diploma Programme Information Technology in a Global Society (ITGS) course is the study and evaluation of the impacts of information technology (IT) on individuals and society. It explores the advantages and disadvantages of the access and use of digitized information at the local and global level. ITGS provides a framework for the student to make informed judgments and decisions about the use of IT within social contexts.<\/span><\/p>\n Although ITGS shares methods of critical investigation and analysis with other social sciences, it also considers social and ethical considerations that are common to other subjects in group 3. Students come into contact with IT on a daily basis because it is so pervasive in the world in which we live. This increasingly widespread use of IT inevitably raises important questions with regard to the social and ethical considerations that shape our society today. ITGS offers an opportunity for a systematic study of these considerations, whose range is such that they fall outside the scope of any other single discipline.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1543765316265{padding-bottom: -50px !important;background-color: #cc0000 !important;}”][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1541288959192{margin-top: -10px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: -50px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;}”][vc_widget_sidebar show_bg=”false” sidebar_id=”sidebar_13″ el_class=”early-menu”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1540213559652{margin-bottom: -111px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″][vc_single_image image=”16219″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″]\n
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