Jan 25 2011
Welker’s daily links 01/25/2011
Published by Jason Welker at 5:30 pm under Daily Links
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Introduction to Development – exploring prezi | Economics in Plain English
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This is an introduction to the concept of economic development which I am teaching to my class at the moment. You can click through the prezi by pressing the play button and choosing fullscreen under “more”. The up and down arrow keys, zoom in and out.
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Lesson Plan – Myths about Economic Development – debunked | Economics in Plain English
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- What is human development and what factors contribute to this development?
- What does it mean to have an improvement in the standard of living?
- What is the difference between economic growth and development?
- What indicators are used to measure the economic development of nations?
- How can data help us to better understand LDC’s while developing more effective strategies to improve their development.
- What are obstacles that stand in the way of development?
Essential Questions
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About the author: Jason Welker teaches International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement Economics at Zurich International School in Switzerland. In addition to publishing various online resources for economics students and teachers, Jason developed the online version of the Economics course for the IB and is has authored two Economics textbooks: Pearson Baccalaureate’s Economics for the IB Diploma and REA’s AP Macroeconomics Crash Course.
Jason is a native of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and is a passionate adventurer, who considers himself a skier / mountain biker who teaches Economics in his free time. He and his wife keep a ski chalet in the mountains of Northern Idaho, which now that they live in the Swiss Alps gets far too little use. Read more posts by this authorRelated posts:
