The Learning Africa website
provides activities and resources for teachers who wish to explore
Africa in the classroom. More broadly, the site also provides ideas
on how to incorporate a global dimension to the primary and
secondary curriculum.
For information on how the global dimension relates to the curriculum
and to different subjects in each of the jurisdictions of the UK click
on the relevant link from the Global
Dimension website below:
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Ireland
This page identifies issues which could be explored in the secondary
classroom related to the theme of Growth and Poverty Reduction. It
lists activities, publications and links available to help address
these
issues. Other pages of the Growth and Poverty Reduction section provide full details of these resources.
Secondary Curriculum Issues
Some issues which could be explored in relation to Growth
and Poverty Reduction in the
Secondary curriculum.
Issue: Multinationals – costs
and benefits of multinational company investments in African countries
Activity:
Winners and Losers
Publications:
See the resources page on
the theme of
Growth and Poverty Reduction
for full details of the following publications:
- The Challenge of Globalisation
- Globalisation: What’s it all about?
Issue: The costs and benefits of small and large scale development
projects
Activity:
Small and Large Scale Investment
Case Studies:
Frank Kapopo’s
Story (PDF format 106KB)
A personal story of how Frank and his community benefitted from small scale investment.
The Volta Dam in Ghana (PDF format
75KB)
An issues, fact based case study on the impacts of the Volta Dam in Ghana,
a large scale investment.
Publications:
See the resources page on
the theme of
Growth and Poverty Reduction
for full details of the following publications:
- Young Lives, Global Goals: Teaching About Children, Poverty and
the UN Millenium Development Goals
- Globalisation, What's it all About?
Issue: Sustainability - the tensions
between sustainable development and environmental sustainability
Activity:
Eco-tourism
Case Study:
Ecotourism (PDF format
217KB)
Based on examples from three countries in Africa this case study explores the
positive impacts of ecotourism as well as some of the arguments against it.
Publications:
See the resources page on the
theme of Growth and Poverty Reduction for full details of the following
publications:
- Sustainable Human Development: A Young People's Introduction
- Educating for Sustainability: A Resource for Teachers of Children
Aged 7-14 Years
- Looking beyond the Brochure: Texts and Activities for Secondary
English on a Tourism Theme
- Exploring
Our World: Investigating Issues of Interdependence and Social Justice
in the 21st Century
Primary Curriculum Issues
Some issues which could be explored in relation to Growth
and Poverty Reduction in the Primary curriculum.
Issue: The benefits
of small scale development projects in aleviating poverty
and promoting sustainable development
Activity:
Frank Kapopo
Case Study:
Frank Kapopo’s
Story (PDF format 106KB)
A personal story of how Frank and his community benefitted from small scale investment.
Publications:
See the resources page on the theme
of Growth and Poverty Reduction for full details of the following publications:
- Educating for Sustainability: A Resource for Teachers of Children
Aged 7-14 Years
Issue: The
tensions between different groups resulting from growth and development;
how to ensure development is sustainable
Activity:
Eco-tourism
Case Study:
Ecotourism (PDF format
217KB)
Based on examples from three countries in Africa this case study explores the
positive impacts of ecotourism as well as some of the arguments against it.
Publications:
See the resources page on the theme
of Growth and Poverty Reduction for full details of the following publications:
- Educating for Sustainability: A Resource for Teachers of Children
Aged 7-14 Years
Web-link:
Tourism in Kenya
Pages from Global Eye on the problems faced by the Maasai from the
tourism industry in Kenya
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