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USING GAPMINDER
Paula Cooper King Edward VI Five Ways School
Bob Lang King Edward VI Five Ways School
Daniel Lapidus Gapminder Foundation
OBJECTIVES• What is Gapminder?
• Why does Gapminder matter to Geography?
• How does Gapminder work?
• How can we use Gapminder in our lessons?
• How do you think we could use Gapminder in our lessons?
What is Gapminder?•A non-profit venture
•‘fight the most devastating myths by building a fact-based world view that everyone understands’
•Promote sustainable global development.
•www.gapminder.org is free to use
•Current data about the world - accessible, meaningful and dynamic.
•‘A kind of modern ‘museum’ on the internet’.
Why does Gapminder matter to Geography?
Which country has the most children per woman (highest total fertility)?
•Bangladesh•Saudi Arabia•Israel
Source: www.gapminder.org accessed April 2011
Why does Gapminder matter to Geography?
BUT THE WORLD HAS CHANGED AND IS CHANGING!
Convergence between these ‘developed’ and ‘developing worlds’, these concepts and terms no longer fit.
•Need to challenge our assumptions•Need to change mindset•Need to use a different vocabulary
There is no such thing as a western worldor a developing world’Prof Hans Rosling, September 2010
Familiar concepts of ‘less’ and ‘more’ developed countries (LEDCs and MEDCs), of ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries and a global ‘North-South Divide’.
http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=176 accessed April 2011
Why does Gapminder matter to Geography?
Young people need modern understandingof their diverse and changing world that isdrawn from the reliable data that actuallyexists; they need this to understand the realchange that is happening in their places andlives, and in the lives of others.
Gapminder gives us:•Access to data•Current data•Control and choice•Helps make sense of the data
How does Gapminder work?
How can we use Gapminder in our lessons?
• Make your own animation and narration
• Trace (or chase!) the country
• Card sorting activity
• Play the casino!
Trace (or chase) the country Brazil
Income per person
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Trace (or chase) the country Brazil
Income per person
Lif
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xp
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Back and forth
rapid
Straight up
USA
China
http://www.geography.org.uk/resources/gapminderandworldmapper/
How do you think we could use Gapminder in our lessons?
• Post-its please!• Email us!• Let Gapminder know via Gapminder
Movement
[email protected]@[email protected]@btinternet.com
Gapminder Movement
www.gapminder.org/movement
• Join as a member
• Participate in the forum discussions
• Upload resources
Final Thoughts
Geography has a powerful role to play in
allowing pupils to build a current and
knowledge-based world view, and to
develop their understanding of meaningful
data that are distinct from political discourse
and personal opinion.
Final thoughts…
• Facts and knowledge matter
• Accuracy matters
• The world is changing…..
• …and with this knowledge we can change the world
• Helps us teach understanding of the world as it REALLY is NOW
• Problems are fixable… Collier?