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GTAV AC:G Y10 - Geographies of human wellbeing
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Examines the different concepts and measures of human wellbeing, and the causes of global differences in these measures between countries. Spatial differences in wellbeing within and between countries are explored. Case studies: Australia, India and other countries.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The different ways of measuring and mapping human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to measure differences between places.
Hans Rosling is debunking the River of Myths about the developing world. By measuring the progress in the once labeled “developing countries”, preventable child mortality can be history by the year 2030.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The issues affecting the development of places and their impact on human wellbeing, drawing on a study from a developing country or region in Africa, South America or the Pacific Islands.
CD - The reasons for and consequences of spatial variations in human wellbeing on a regional scale within India or another country of the Asia region.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The reasons for spatial variations between countries in selected indicators of human wellbeing.
Students learn about the components of population growth that influence the development of several countries around the world. They look at the terminology, definitions and measures of wellbeing created by various agencies on a global scale.
Ross Mackay's curator insight,
December 1, 2015 10:35 PM
Worksheet based task on comparing Wellbeing
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The role of international and national government and non-government organisations’ initiatives in improving human wellbeing in Australia and other countries.
A new approach: The mosquito repellant patch.
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The issue of wealth inequality in the United States is well known, but this video shows you the extent of that inequality in dramatic and graphic fashion.
Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The different ways of measuring and mapping human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to measure differences between places.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The reasons for spatial variations between countries in selected indicators of human wellbeing.
Trailer for the app available at http://vimeo.com/43666084#
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The different ways of measuring and mapping human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to measure differences between places.
CD - The reasons for spatial variations between countries in selected indicators of human wellbeing.
The site allows students to investigate demographic, social, economic and environmental data of countries of the world.
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This is a video from Gapminder foundation - "What stops population growth" and can be found here http://www.gapminder.org/videos/what-stops-population-growth/
Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The different ways of measuring and mapping human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to measure differences between places.
CD - The reasons for spatial variations between countries in selected indicators of human wellbeing.
CD - The issues affecting the development of places and their impact on human wellbeing, drawing on a study from a developing country or region in Africa, South America or the Pacific Islands.
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Every day, women around the world are making a significant impact on our homes, schools and communities. But gender inequity is preventing women from growing to their full potential and hampers worldwide progress.
Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The reasons for spatial variations between countries in selected indicators of human wellbeing.
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The stunning drop in global child mortality is proof that poor countries are not doomed to eternal misery. Here's how it happened.
Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The different ways of measuring and mapping human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to measure differences between places.
CD - The reasons for spatial variations between countries in selected indicators of human wellbeing.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The reasons for and consequences of spatial variations in human wellbeing in Australia at the local scale.
Many quick activites here - those written for a Year 7-8 audience could be amended and extended.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The reasons for and consequences of spatial variations in human wellbeing in Australia at the local scale.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The role of international and national government and non-government organisations’ initiatives in improving human wellbeing in Australia and other countries.
UNHCR has been attempting to count the world's refugees since it was created. If you want to find out which years resulted in the worst displacement, which were the biggest countries of origin and which were the biggest countries of asylum, use this interactive map.
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One-child policy leaves some parents childless, hopeless and facing financial ruin in old age.
Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The role of international and national government and non-government organisations’ initiatives in improving human wellbeing in Australia and other countries.
Population programs can have have diverse unintended consequences. Many couples in China who have lost a child not only face the heartache of loss, but have also lost their economic future since that one child was supposed to support them in their old age. Some elderly parents have a child, but one that does not financially support them as the cultural norms of the past would have required of the children. These 'orphan grandparents' are casualties in the changing cultural, demographic, and economic patterns in China.
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This module looks at how wellbeing is measured and the status of wellbeing in India and Bhutan. Students will gain insight into the complexity of determining wellbeing indices and the role they play when measuring economic development.
Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The different ways of measuring and mapping human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to measure differences between places.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The reasons for spatial variations between countries in selected indicators of human wellbeing.
Students have the opportunity to explore details about the world's refugees and briefly look at the conflicts that have led to the large movement of people on a local and global scale. The location of refugee camps in countries accepting people and the living conditions of refugees are considered. Strategies to enhance the wellbeing of refugees are examined together with the global humanitarian approaches taken to address the refugee issue more generally. The process of refugee acceptance in Australia is also examined.
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Child health improving slower in India than the rest of the world, United Nations study shows.
Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The different ways of measuring and mapping human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to measure differences between places.
CD - The reasons for and consequences of spatial variations in human wellbeing on a regional scale within India or another country of the Asia region.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The reasons for spatial variations between countries in selected indicators of human wellbeing.
CD - The reasons for and consequences of spatial variations in human wellbeing on a regional scale within India or another country of the Asia region.
The capital of the South Asian country Bangladesh, Dhaka, has a population that is booming. However, it stands as one of the world's poorest mega-cities.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The reasons for and consequences of spatial variations in human wellbeing on a regional scale within India or another country of the Asia region.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The different ways of measuring and mapping human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to measure differences between places.
CD - The reasons for spatial variations between countries in selected indicators of human wellbeing.
It was just over two centuries ago that the global population was 1 billion — in 1804. But better medicine and improved agriculture resulted in higher life expectancy for children, dramatically increasing the world population, especially in the West.
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More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wgq0l Hans Rosling's famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport's ...
Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The different ways of measuring and mapping human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to measure differences between places.
CD - The reasons for spatial variations between countries in selected indicators of human wellbeing.
CD - The issues affecting the development of places and their impact on human wellbeing, drawing on a study from a developing country or region in Africa, South America or the Pacific Islands.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The role of international and national government and non-government organisations’ initiatives in improving human wellbeing in Australia and other countries.
Wonderful work by eRotary Philip Headley and Christine Lower with GTAV to support VCE Unit 4 but also relevant here.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The different ways of measuring and mapping human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to measure differences between places.
CD - The reasons for and consequences of spatial variations in human wellbeing in Australia at the local scale.
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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)'s insight:
CD - The reasons for and consequences of spatial variations in human wellbeing in Australia at the local scale.
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CD - The issues affecting the development of places and their impact on human wellbeing, drawing on a study from a developing country or region in Africa, South America or the Pacific Islands.
Supplementary resources also available from worldvision.com.au/schoolresources which include: digital video chapters, teaching activities for DVD chapters and worksheet PDFs.