TEAM PROJECT

Marks 70
Weightage from whole qualification 35%
Assessed Internally
Moderated Externally

AO1: AO2: AO3:

Research, analysis Reflection Communication and
and evaluation collaboration
36% 36% 28%

Your report will be considered NOT SUBMITTED when,

1) There is plagiarism in information you have researched.
2) Citations and bibliography is not done and is inaccurate.
3) The minimum word count is not met.
4) All sections of the report are not covered.

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Topics

1. Arts in society 12. Law and criminality

2. Change in culture and communities 13. Media and communication

3. Climate change, energy and resources 14. Migration and urbanization

4. Conflict and peace 15. Political power and action

5. Development, trade and aid 16. Poverty and inequality

6. Digital world 17. Social identity and inclusion

7. Education for all 18. Sport and recreation

8. Employment 19. Technology, industry and innovation

9. Environment, pollution and conservation 20. Transport, travel and tourism

10. Globalization 21. Values and beliefs

11. Health and wellbeing 22.Water, food and agriculture

*Researching on sustainability – any of the topics can be considered with a focus on

sustainability.

You must choose one of these topics for the Team Project and then focus on an issue within the
topic chosen. The Team Project will involve the candidates working together to take an action
to help improve, resolve, or raise awareness about the issue. The issue should have local
relevance.

Learners within the same class but in different teams may choose the same global topic. The
issue focused on, and the aim of the Team Project should be different for each team. The
outcomes can be somewhat similar.

Example: if the whole class has been working on the global topic of poverty and
inequality, each team should choose a different issue within the topic, so one team
might be looking at homelessness, another at gender inequality in education or
employment, and another at food poverty, etc. Outcomes might be similar but the
issue and aim should be different for each team.

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 Team Project - 70 marks

Team Element Personal Element (Reflective Paper)

25 Marks 45 Marks

Explanation of Research Evaluation of the Action

and Planning and Team work
10 marks 10 marks

Evidence of Action Reflection on Learning

5 marks 15 marks

Team Collaboration Reflection on Team work

5 marks 10 marks

Individual Collaboration Communication

5 marks 10 marks

Word count

Minimum number of words Maximum number of words

(without candidate details) (with candidate details)
Explanation of research and 300 400
planning
Reflective paper 750 1000

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Steps

1. The team selects a topic from the topic list and identifies a relevant local issue.

2. Each team member carries out a different aspect of secondary research (causes and
consequences of the issue, courses of action that has been done, etc…). 3W

3. The entire team, together, carries out primary research, relevant to the local issue. 3W

4. Based on the secondary and primary research findings and through discussion, the team
analyse and find the biggest cause, the consequence and the most feasible course of
action of the selected local issue. 3W
*captains should keep a record of the analysis done on the findings (eg percentages of
responses, graphs and charts)

5. Based on research findings and through analysis and discussion, the team decides on a
course of action to address the local issue. The selected course of action should ideally
address the most significant cause and consequence of the local issue. If not,
explanation should be given for selecting the course of action.

6. The team develops the aim and the project plan. Remember to include the plan for
collecting evidence and feedback of the outcome.

7. The team carries out the action, records the evidence and collects feedback. 3W

8. The team measure the success of their action in addressing the issue and achieving the
aim. 3W

9. The team collaborate to produce the Evidence of Action. 3W

10. The team collaborates to write a planning document – the Explanation of Research and
Planning, which explains their decisions and planned actions. 3W

11. Each team member writes the Reflective paper.

Records to be maintained

 Team log book with the 3W

 Personal log book

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Supporting evidence

 Team and personal log books – refer table C and D for the team element. Refer tables E,
F, G and H for the personal elements.
 Primary and secondary research, analysis and findings - Summarise research findings. Do
not submit completed questionnaires or raw research materials.
 Evidence of the outcome
 Feedback analysis and finding - Summarise research findings. Do not submit completed
questionnaires or raw research materials.

Aim

The team draws on their research to set a single aim to improve, resolve, or raise
awareness about the issue. This aim should be practical and manageable within the
20 hrs (2 ½ months) allocated for completion.

Here are some examples of suitable project aims:

(a) ‘To raise awareness about …’ choosing an issue within the topic, for example
‘the importance of saving water’ or ‘the disappearance of tradition and
culture and how this impacts identity’.
(b) ‘To promote the importance of …’ for example, ‘global food security’ or
‘healthy eating taking into account cultural norms’.
(c) ‘To encourage ….’ for example, ‘helping the homeless within a local
neighbourhood’ or ‘supporting a charity providing accommodation for refugees’.
(d) ‘To develop a solution to a problem …’ for example, ‘improving disabled
access to a particular facility’

There is no requirement to use a research question for the Team Project.

Outcome and feedback

Once a team has decided on their project aim, they must draw on their research
to decide on an action that will allow them to achieve their aim. This will be the
Outcome of the project. There should be only one outcome.

For example, if a team has the stated aim of reducing the amount of food wasted in
their school, they might decide that an appropriate Outcome for the project is a series
of posters to be displayed around the school. If a team has the stated aim of making
people more aware of the importance of saving water, they might decide that an
appropriate outcome for the project is a school newspaper advertising campaign.

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The Outcome, like the aim, should be practical and manageable and must be
something that you can actually do or produce.

Here are some examples of suitable project Outcomes:

(a) a poster or series of posters

(b) an information leaflet or brochure
(c) an instructional/informative video
(d) a song or poem, which learners perform live to be video recorded
(e) a web page
(f) a design, model or blueprint for a product or similar
(g) a record of an event of some kind (e.g. fundraiser) (video footage or images
or the event may be submitted as the Outcome)
(h) a presentation at an assembly (presentation and photos of the assembly
should be recorded)

The evidence of the Outcome is to be submitted for assessment with an accompanying

Explanation of Research and Planning. If the Outcome is a web page or takes some
other electronic format, candidates must embed a link to the Outcome in their
Explanation so that it can be viewed by both the teacher and the moderator. The link
must be in working condition till OL results are out.

“The outcome should be evidence of what the team did in the community cause - if
they showed a video to an audience for raising awareness, we need evidence of the
event at which it was shown/ who they showed it to / what it was used for. If a team
submits a video - this should not show the team interviewing people (researching) as
that is the research not the outcome.” – Chief examiner

It is important that the team decide on a mechanism to gain feedback about their
Outcome. The team can ask for feedback after they have shown the Outcome to peers,
friends, teachers, family or to the audience. They could produce a short questionnaire,
hold interviews or a pre-post event quiz depending on what the aim of the project was,
for example, raising awareness or promoting the importance of something.

Feedback will support team members to:

•analyse and evaluate any feedback gathered

•judge the strengths and limitations of the Outcome in achieving the project aim
•suggest where and how the Outcome might have been improved.

Learners should also keep a log of how successfully they felt the Outcome achieved the
aim, so that when they come to write their Reflective Paper at the end of the Team
Project, they can include their evaluation in their write-up.

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The Explanation of Research and Planning

Each team produces one Explanation of Research and Planning of 300–400 words. This is the
team’s strategic and working document which is added to over time. Typically, this document is
produced in three stages.

Stage 1
The team should first identify:
• the topic chosen
• a local issue the team wants to address
• what each team member will research.

Stage 2
As the project progresses, the team should then:
• clarify the topic, the issue and the action the team will take, based on their research
• outline their plan of action
• identify roles and responsibilities of team members
• state how they will evidence the action
• identify how they will measure the success of their action.

Stage 3
When the team has completed the project, the Explanation of Research and Planning should:
• identify and explain any changes that had to be made.

Final Elements
1. Topic
2. Issue
3. Aim
4. Summary of action, supported with research information
5. Plan of collecting evidence of the outcome
6. Plan of collecting feedback to evaluate the success of the outcome
7. Summary of the 3 W of the team

The document may be presented in the form of a simple table.

All members of the team will be awarded the same mark for the Explanation of Research and
Planning.
If the word limit is exceeded, the teacher will not award marks beyond the first 400 words of
the Explanation of Research and Planning.

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Tip: Use sub-headings to ensure that you include all the necessary information to
address the three bullet points above. Sub-headings can always be removed before
submission if there is a danger of the word count being exceeded.

On citation and referencing:

“There is not usually any need for references in the Outcome. However, if they really
need to, for example if they produce something to show to other students, which
includes findings from research, they could provide them there. For example, if they
showed a PowerPoint to a school assembly, that could have footnotes or a reference
list at the end to show the sources. Anyone who is being picky should be able to
track references in the Outcome back to individual RPs...there should not be
additional ones for the Outcome”. – Chief examiner

Collaboration (AO3 Collaboration)

Collaboration refers to the process of working together to achieve a shared goal.

For this syllabus, the teacher awards marks for how well the team work together
to complete the Team Project.

When awarding the mark, the teacher will consider how well the team:

• coordinated and planned the work

• divided tasks fairly and sensibly
• solved problems they faced
• resolved conflict
• encouraged and supported each other
• communicated positively with each other.

The teacher’s mark will be based upon observation of the team working
together and information gathered from talking to team heads and members
both collectively and individually.

Each member of the team is given the same mark for collaboration. The mark will not
be awarded for how much work any individual team member has undertaken, but
rather for how well the team have worked together collectively. Therefore, if one
candidate from the team completed most of the work then the team should not
achieve a high mark as they did not successfully collaborate together.

The collaboration mark will be based solely on how well the team have worked
together during the process and will not be based on other factors such as:

 The product of the collaboration (what the team did or did not achieve)
 The Reflective Papers produced by individuals

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 You should check that your work is complete and has been spell-checked and proof
read before submitting it for assessment. Plagiarism must be 0%. Researched work
must be cited correctly.

Primary source referencing

“My suggestion for ensuring that examiners recognise primary evidence/sources (so
that they don't think the candidate is using unsourced material) is that candidates
mention it in their essay by quoting figures or what people have said to them, and
linking via a number or whatever method they are using to link in-text citation
(attribution) to the reference list. Then in the reference list write a short note saying
that they carried out primary research, maybe a couple of details (interview/
observation...) and date of their research.

What I have seen on there is that as long as the reference list/bibliography is a

separate document from the essay itself, it is not counted in the word count for the
essay.

So if you ensure that any appendices are at the end of the bibliography/reference list,
they can be seen but will not be read and will not be counted in the allowance for the
essay. It would, of course, depend what form the data was in, whether it would be an
issue if included in the essay. But in general, best to avoid putting anything beyond a
quote or a statistic in the body of the essay - anything larger tends to get in the way of
the argument - and would of course be counted as part of the word count.” – Chief
examiner

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Formatting and Other Rules

1. Same rules apply as the Individual Report.

Copy below to the top center of the 1st page of the EXPLANATION OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING.
Candidate names and numbers must be according to the statement of entry and in matching
order.

Component 03

Team Project – Team Element

Explanation of research and planning

Series June2025
Center Number LK090
Center Name Havelock Town
Syllabus and Component Number 2069/03
Candidate Numbers
Candidate Names
TOPIC
Local Issue

Copy below to the top center of the 1st page of the REFLECTIVE PAPER.
Candidate name and number must be according to the statement of entry.

Component 03

Team Project – Personal Element

Reflective Paper

Series June2025
Center Number LK090
Center Name Havelock Town
Syllabus and Component Number 2069/03
Candidate Numbers
Candidate Names
TOPIC
Local Issue

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Copy below to the top center of the 1st page of the BIBLIOGRAPHY of the REFLECTIVE PAPER.
Candidate name and number must be according to the statement of entry.

Component 03

Team Project – Personal Element

Reflective Paper - Bibliography

Series June2025
Center Number LK090
Center Name Havelock Town
Syllabus and Component Number 2069/03
Candidate Numbers
Candidate Names
TOPIC
Local Issue

3. Naming files
• File name for the explanation: Exp_Group name_Date you are sending (e.g. June1).
• File name for the reflective paper: Reflective_First name_Class_Date you are sending
(e.g. June1).

Change the date as you send updated versions.

4. If the outcome is a video it should not be longer than 10mins.

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 SECTIONS IN DETAIL

Team element

Total 25

Table A Team Element – Explanation of Research and Planning

1. Topic and issue – 2 Marks

 The topic should be clearly identified
 The issue should be clearly identified

2. Plan – 3 Marks
 Should be clear
 Include the aim
 Should include sufficient detail of HOW the action will be evidenced
 Should include sufficient detail of HOW the success of the project will be measured

3. Roles - 2 marks
 Identification of the roles and responsibilities of each team member should be clear
 Use the 3W table

4. Action – 3 marks
 A clear summary of the action the team will take to address the issue.
 The action should be supported with research information.

*This section may be presented in the form of a table.

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Table B Team Element – Evidence of Action

 The team have undertaken an action that is very likely to make a positive difference to
the issue
 The action was carried out very well.

- Each team submits Evidence of Action for their Team Project to show what they have
done.
- Evidence of Action can take any appropriate form such as posters, leaflets, web pages,
videos (10 minutes maximum), presentations or photographs of an event.
- The Evidence of Action is something that has been produced during the action. Evidence
of Action should NOT include evidence of research or initial meetings to discuss the
project.

Table C Team Element – Team Collaboration

The team collaborated effectively throughout the project.

 There was an agreement in targets and deadlines.
 The tasks fairly divided, according to the skills of team members and the time available.
 Challenges faced by the team and disagreements caused by different opinions were
effectively solved to the satisfaction of all team members.

- The team members work together to select a topic and an issue, agree roles and
conduct research.
- They agree an action and plan and carry out their action.
- The team collaborates to produce an Explanation of Research and Planning and
Evidence of Action.

Table D Team Element – Individual Collaboration

The mark awarded to each member of the team is individual and can be different for this part
of the Team Element.

 The candidate collaborated effectively throughout, completing own tasks as agreed, and
working flexibly when this was needed, to complete the project.
 They readily asked for support from others and gave support to others when needed.
 They shared useful ideas, offered solutions to problems and helped to develop the ideas
of others, building on other team members’ contributions.

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Each individual within the team is expected to take an active part in the project.

Aspects of collaboration include:

- clear communication between team members
- sharing and developing ideas
- agreeing targets and deadlines
- solving problems
- being flexible when required
- dividing tasks between team members and recognising all members’ contributions
- asking for and giving support to others when needed.

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Personal element

The Reflective Paper is written in continuous text. It should be structured and easy to follow
with sub-headings for clarity. When appropriate, you should use the first person (‘I’ and ‘me’).

In the refletive paper, you should:

• present a summary of your own research findings and how these were or were not used in
the Team Project. Each candidate should keep detailed notes on the research they
personally completed.
• reflect on your own learning from the whole experience of the Team Project, including the
learning about the issue and teamwork and what you learned about yourselves.
• evaluate how effective the action you carried out was and how effectively you worked with
your team.

Table E Personal Element – Evaluation of the action and teamwork in the Reflective Paper
1. Evaluation of the action – 4 marks
 Minimum two developed points evaluating how successfully the action addressed the
issue.

2. Evaluation of own teamwork – 4 marks

 Minimum two developed points evaluating how successfully the candidate worked with
other team members.

3. Evaluation of own task performance – 2 marks

 Minimum one developed point about how successfully the candidate managed their
own tasks.

Table F Personal Element – Reflection on learning in the Reflective Paper

1. Learning from research – 5 marks

 Detailed and explicit reflection on how their understanding of the issue has been
influenced by research and different perspectives explored.

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2. Learning about own skills, strengths, weaknesses
 Detailed and explicit reflection on what they have learnt about their own skills through
participating in the team project.

3. Reflection on own performance

 Detailed, explicit and relevant suggestions for how they could have improved their
performance individually and as a team member.

Table G Personal Element – Reflection on teamwork in the Reflective Paper

1. Reflection on the benefits and challenges of teamwork – 5 marks

 Detailed and explicit reflection on the benefits and challenges of working in a team,
linked to clear examples of things experienced while completing the team project.

2. Reflection on possible improvements for teamwork

 Detailed and explicit suggestions of how the team could have worked more effectively
or could work more effectively in the future, linked to clear examples of things
experienced while completing the team project.

Table H Personal Element – Communication in the Reflective Paper

1. Clarity of communication – 5 marks

 A clearly written and very well-structured Reflective Paper.

2. Communication of research – 5 marks

 A clear summary of their own research findings into the issue or a perspective on it and
how this influenced the project, with citations and references where appropriate.

Throughout the process team members should be:

• meeting regularly
• setting targets and deadlines
• dividing and sharing work
• supporting each other with tasks
• keeping a personal log to refer to when writing their reflective paper.

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Preparation
Before starting their Team Project, teams should consider the following questions:

1 What global topic have we chosen and why?

2 What is the aim of our project and what are we going to do/produce to achieve our
aim?
3 How might we critically evaluate this outcome in terms of how far it’s been successful
in achieving the project aim?
4 What do we need to find out and what do we need to do to create our outcome?
5 Who is going to do what and when?
6 Does our Team Project have enough scope for every team member to play a full part in
the project?
7 Is the workload manageable within the timeframe we have?
8 What plans do we have for gathering information about different cultural
perspectives?
9 How can we show the different cultural perspectives in our outcome in order to meet
the aim of our Team Project?
10 How are we going to put together the explanation to go with our outcome?

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Secondary research
- Availability of credible local information
Primary research
- Method (interview, questionnaire etc) – 3 ws (permission, handing out, collection, analysis
of data)
- Sources
- Sample size of the sources
- Questions. Try to cover different type of information (need prior approval from
1) Me on the questions, permission letter from school 2) school

Possible outcome
Plan of gathering evidence
Plan of collecting and analysing Feedback

Permission letter
- Intro of the team
- Why is primary research required for the project?
 Introduction to the topic, possible outcome, issue (very brief. based on researched
evidence, especially SL and local)
 Aim of the research (gain further awareness on personal, local, SL perspectives and
different v.p, fill gap in knowledge collected through secondary, customize the
outcome to target audience for maximum impact etc),
- Methodology of implementing the primary research (method, source, sample size,
dates/times, responsible person from group.
- Assistance required from the management.

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