GMGF 2014 ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT

PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (PBL) 3

Project title: The analysis of environmental issues and sustainable growth

Topic: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

CONTENT AND PROCESS SKILLS

Course content Involved: (detailed below)

Topic

i. Environment and development.

ii. Natural and environmental resources and resources flow.
iii. Type of environmental problems.
iv. Susitainable growth.
v. Issues related to environmental and sustainablity.
vi. Suggestion or recommendation to maintain sustainable development.

PROCESS SKILL

1. By definition, students are able to understand the definition/meaning/types of

environment and development, and sustainability of economic growth.
2. Students able to analyse and to find out the best way to overcome
environmental issues and sustainable growth.
3. Students will able to critically think how to propose or recommend the best
solution to prevent and manage environmental development and
sustainable growth in our country.
4. Students will become familiar with the discussions between friends and to
convince yourself and making presentation.

MAPPING AND INSTRUCTIONS

- TASKS - Group discussion and field work or library research.

- Prepare Report and Presentation
- Duration - 3-4 hours / week
Notes:

Sustainable development is an approach to development that takes the finite resources

of the Earth into consideration. This can mean a lot of different things to different
people, but it most commonly refers to the use of renewable energy resources and
sustainable agriculture or forestry practices. It also entails the use of sustainable
mineral use along with many other things.

Students will present their best suggestion and recommendation on how to tackle
or issues related to environmental and sustainability. Students are encourage to
provide example of the case or to highlight the issues related to this topic based on
the reality, for example based youre your field work, newspaper, online media, report or
any related case that is relevance to this assignment.

THE COURSE ASSESSMENT:

Group Assignment : 10%

Presentation : 5%
TOTAL 15%
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Criteria 1 = Poor 2 = Fair 3 = Moderate 4 = Good 5 = Excellent Marks

Content
Purpose of Incomprehensible Vague Moderately Clear Very clear
presentation clear

No grasp of Lack of Understands Understands Understands

Subject subject matter understanding some of the most of the subject matter
knowledge of subject subject matter. subject matter. fully.
matter.
Irrelative or no Slightly Relevant Sufficient Pertinent
support of main irrelevant examples, examples, examples,
ideas through examples, facts, and/or facts, and/or facts, and/or
Supporting use of examples, facts, and/or statistics to statistics to statistics to
details facts, and/or statistics, support the support the support the
statistics. which do not main ideas. main ideas. main ideas.
adequately
support the
main ideas.
Inaccurate ideas. High Moderate use Use of accurate Very accurate
Accuracy occurrences of of accurate ideas. ideas.
inaccurate ideas.
ideas.
Organization
Audience cannot Audience has Audience can Audience can Audience can
understand the difficulty in follow the follow the follow the
Sequencing of presentation following the logical logical logical
ideas because there is logical sequencing of sequencing of sequencing of
lack of sequencing of information information. information
sequencing of information. fairly. fully.
information.
Unable to present Able to present Able to present Able to present Able to finish
Time within the time only a few of most of the the main ideas the whole
management limit the main ideas main ideas within the time presentation
within the time within the time limit within the time
limit limit limit
 1 = Poor 2 = Fair 3 = Moderate 4 = Good 5 = Excellent Marks

Mumbles, Mumbles at Voice is Voice is clear, Voices is very

incorrectly certain places, sometimes low pronounces clear,
pronounces incorrectly but pronounces most words pronounces
Voice and words, and pronounces some words correctly. Most words correctly.
pronunciation speaks too words. Most of correctly. of the Audience can
quietly for the audience Some of the audiences can hear the
audience in the has difficulty in audience can hear the presentation
back of class to hearing the hear the presentation
hear presentation. presentation
Eye contact No eye contact. Occasional use Moderate use Maintains eye Maintains eye
Only reads notes. of eye contact, of eye contact, contact most of contact with
but frequently but still reads the time but audience,
reads notes. notes. occasionally seldom refers to
refers to notes. notes.
Visual aids Does not use Lack of use of Moderate use Sufficient use of Effective use of
visual aids visual aids of visual aids visual aids visual aids

Questions and answer

Hardly answers Answers only Answers and Answers and Answers and
questions about basic questions elaborates elaborates most elaborates
the subject and fails to some questions questions questions well
matter elaborate

Teamwork (Team presentation only)

Unable to work in Unclear team Clear team Clear team Clear team
a team. roles. roles but roles, equal roles, balanced
unequal contribution and contribution,
contribution some and coherence
among team coherence among team
members. among team members.
members.

Scoring Key

Undergraduate Master PhD/DBA

Individual Group Individual Group Individual Group
Poor 0 10 0 15 0 20 0 25 0 30 0 35
Fair 11 20 16 25 21 30 26 35 31 40 36 45
Average 21 30 26 35 31 40 36 45 41 44 46 49
Good 31 40 36 45 41 44 46 49 45 47 50 52
Excellent 41 50 46 55 45 50 50 55 48 50 53 55