TLC501 Week 10:

Seminar 6
Seminar 6 outline

1. Debate on future scenarios

2. Synthesizing sources
3. Working in groups
Debate on Future Scenarios

‘The human race seems to be

at a critical juncture. Will we
realize the destructive things
we are doing to life on Earth
and pursue a new course
before it is too late?’ (Seitz
and Hite 2016, 283).

What direction is humanity is

heading in? Will business as
usual lead to
collapse/breakdown (the
pessimistic view), or will
there be a shift to more
sustainable development (the
optimistic view)?
Preparing for and participating in
the debate

1. Take a position on the debate and join a group with

similar views to discuss your ideas
2. Identify some points in the following sections of the
chapter ‘Alternative Futures’ (Seitz and Hite, 2016,
pp.268-288) to refer to:
 Current Outlook: Business as Usual
 Collapse and Sustainable Development
 Choices
3. Participate in the debate.
Summarising and synthesising
sources
 Complete the activities in sections 1 & 2 in the
Chapter 1.9 combining Sources in Academic Writing
for International Students (Bailey 2014)
 Follow the example in text 2.3 (How Strong Is The
Evidence For Global Warming) to write a similar
paragraph using the two texts AAAS Board
Statement on Climate Change (AAAS 2006) and
Climate Change: What’s So Alarming? (Lomborg
2016).
 Summarise the main points made in each of the two
articles using not more than two sentences for each
text.
 Order your sentences in a paragraph using reporting
verbs and transition words or other comments to
indicate your own position. Include correct in-text
references.
Group Project (due Week 14)

Individual Presentation from Group Project

Assessment value: 20%
Work in a group to choose a broad topic, issue or theme on which
your group will give a series of individual presentations related to the
specific focus of their individual assignments. Options include:
 Different but connected aspects of the same issue facing the same
country (for example, different aspects of climate change in
Bhutan (e.g. causes, impacts and solutions)
 Comparisons or contrasts around the same issue facing different
countries (for example, climate change in Bhutan, Kenya and
India.
 Connections between different issues facing the same country (for
example, climate change, urbanisation and unemployment and in
Bhutan.
In all cases, the goal of the group work should be to connect the
specific topics together in a coherent way and for each presentation to
form a part of a critical discussion, rather than a descriptive
presentation of facts.
Form a group based on your essay
topic
 Different but connected aspects of the same issue facing
the same country (for example, different aspects of
climate change in Bhutan (e.g. causes, impacts and
solutions)
 Comparisons or contrasts around the same issue facing
different countries (for example, climate change in
Bhutan, Kenya and India.
 Connections between different issues facing the same
country (for example, climate change, urbanisation and
unemployment and in Bhutan.
Group Project resources on LMS
TLC501 Group Project Presentation
Guide

 Step 1: Get familiar with the form

 Step 2: Develop an idea
 Step 3: Make an outline and script
 Step 4: Create slides
 Step 5: Rehearse
 Step 6: Give your talk
 Step 7: Savour the glory

https://moodleprod.murdoch.edu.au/mod/page/view.php?
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Group project preparation

http://app.griffith.edu.au/study-smart/docs/groups