2025 JC1 ASRJC P1A5 P1A6 Essay Outlines

1 P1A5 questions for reference 1. 'Too little attention is paid to environmental conservation today.' Do you agree? 2. ‘Singapore is an island paradise meant only for the elites.’ Do you agree? 3. To what extent is raising the retirement age a necessary evil in today’s society? 4. Should governments be blamed for the ineffectiveness of efforts to conserve the environment? 5. Is singlehood desirable in your society? Question 1 ‘Too little attention is paid to environmental conservation today. ’ Do you agree? (AJC JC1 MYCT 2014) Question Analysis Issue: The issue being discussed is the extent to which environmental conservation is being prioritised in today’s world. Context: Today Global Conceptual Understanding: • Demonstrates an ability to make observations about global /regional/local trends in environmental conservation efforts and critically evaluate the sincerity and effectiveness of these efforts in adequately addressing current environmental challenges. • Demonstrates an ability to analyse the complex relationship between economic, political, and societal priorities and the level of attention paid to environmental conservation. • Demonstrates an ability to consider (and contrast if needed) the roles and responsibilities of governments, corporations, and individuals in promoting or neglecting environmental conservation. • Demonstrates an ability to apply the concept of sustainability across different national and cultural contexts, considering how attention to conservation may vary over time and place. Key words: • Too little: Implies insufficiency; requires assessment of what is currently being done and whether that is adequate • Attention: Focus, effort, resources, and action directed towards something e.g. public or media awareness, policy action, corporate behaviour, societal engagement, and resource allocation etc. • Paid to: Suggests both awareness and action • Environmental conservation: The responsible management, protection, and preservation of natural ecosystems, biodiversity, and resources • Today: Focus on the current era – post-industrialisation, post-COVID, climate emergency era, volatile global order Significant aspects/areas to be discussed (5W1H, Multiple Perspectives, Significant Trends, SPECTRAM): • 5W1H: Who are the significant players involved in attention paid to environmental conservation today? What are the various forms of attention? What are impacts of too little/adequate attention? What are the pressing environmental needs today that suggests whether the attention is adequate? Why has too little/adequate attention been paid to environmental conservation? • TIRE+C: Critically evaluating the attention paid to environmental conservation using considerations such as timeframe, extent of impacts, root cause analysis • SPECTRAM: Analyse the complex relationship between economic, political, and societal priorities and the level of attention paid to envir