Forces Affecting Different Rates of Economic Development

  
Please make make a copy of this presentation and make notes ready for the lesson on 13 December.





Please add you comments to this lesson below.  You may use bullet points but try to make at least half of you comments full pros if you can :)

Africa's changing patterns of growth.

Counting The Cost - Africa's fallen economy - 12 June 09-Pt1

This video looks at the reasons changing levels of income in Zambia.  What factors influence income levels in Zambia at a local, national and global level. Watch only the first 4 minutes of this video. 

West Africa political instability.

What factors are effecting levels of development in Nigeria?  How could these effect education, life expectancy and income?

Africa's Economic Giants: South Africa & Nigeria - Part 1

This is a great video that DESCRIBES AND ACCOUNT FOR THE CHANGING PATTERNS OF INCOME:

Please make notes on one or two of these videos as comments to this Blog post.  Please indicate which video you are commenting on.

Changing patterns.

DESCRIBE AND ACCOUNT FOR THE CHANGING PATTERNS OF:

LIFE EXPECTANCY

EDUCATION

INCOME
WITHIN A COUNTRY, WITHIN A CONTINENT AND GLOBALLY.

Please make your own copy of this presentation and add notes.  

Disparities Case Study PNG

 THE VARIATIONS IN THE LEVELS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT EXIST WITHIN ONE COUNTRY 

When Considering this question you should think about the following areas.

A.Recent History.

B.Disparities Today.

C.Income distribution.

D.Health status and health care.

E.Educational Status.  

Please post your comments / research here for each area.  If you are posting a Google Doc link please make sure the document is "Anyone can Comment"

It is useful if you can add a short review of your findings to the comment rather than just the link. 

Workshop on measuring development.

Here is today's workshop rotation on measuring development.

Homework this for next week.

Please familiarise  yourself with this Google Presentation for next week.  You will be expected to discuss the issues raised in the next workshop rotation.

Please watch these videos and makes notes on them.  What do they tell us about measuring levels of development and the different perspectives we can take.

Teacher Workshop.

Please make notes in the comments section about, your comments should be focused on Measuring Development.

Emotion and Intuition.

Hat Group.

In the comment section please explain De Bono's 5 hats.


When you are done please answers these questions.  You should get 100%

Which hat do your wear most of the time?

Outline.

This unit will look at the following issues.

1. Measurements of Regional and Global Disparities.
2. Origins of disparities.
3. Disparities and Change.
4. Reducing Disparities

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 Click here for the Syllabus Details.

So lets get started.

Watch these videos and make notes. 

 Guiding questions

How can Wealth and Disparities be measured?

 Add you notes to the comment box below for the first video.
Reply to your buddies with comments about the second video on the playlist.