Great New Blog for Development Economics
A fantastic new resource from the BBC that promises to be full of development economics.
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Bridge to Sicily
In an attempt to boost Italian economic performance the Italian govenment has revived plans to build a bridge linking mainland Italy to Sicily.
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Development Video Clips
Following on from my blog yesterday about the flower exporting industry in Zambia there are two excellent video clips on the BBC web site today.
read more...»Declining Zambian Flower Exports
The slowing global economy has hit the demand for roses from Zambia threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of workers.
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Deflation Short Answer
An outline answer of a deflation short answer question.
read more...»Can Maths and Ethics be Related?
(Time saving Truth from Falsehood)
What are the implications for humankind if mathematics is involved in ethics?
Is our knowledge of right or wrong subjective or objective? Is ethical knowledge possible?
Price’s mathematical expression of the evolutionary purpose of altruism poses many questions.
Great Video Clip
A great topical clip from the Daily Politics Show website.
read more...»Poverty and the Credit Crunch
A report published today by UNSECO highlights the fact the current global economic crisis is hitting the income of the world’s poorest the most.
read more...»Crowding Out Short Answer
An outline answer for a short answer question from the November 2001 Higher Level Economics paper.
read more...»Dairy Milk Goes Fairtrade
A colleague today pointed out an article that ties in nicely with my previous Fairtrade blogs.
read more...»Income Tax Short Answer Question
An outline answer of Q4 from Higher Level Paper 2, May 2008.
read more...»Exam Question Resources
Alongside the revision worksheets for IB students and teachers I will also be developing a bank of suggested answers for past IB exam questions.
read more...»Verbal and Non Verbal Communication
Children communicate in a non verbal way often because they do not have the emotional maturity or the linguistic skills to speak about their feelings. This is painfully obvious in those children who have been emotionally damaged.
read more...»What is Language
In My Language highlights the different methods of communication.
The author is autistic and has a different way of communicating with the world. It causes us to ask difficult questions of ourselves.
This is brings into the fore questions about the purpose of language, what is the function of communication as well as highlighting whether words are a necessary part of our interaction with the world.
Click here for the link
Development Economics Book
One again this week The Sunday Times Culture section has a review of a book that may be of interest to students and teachers currently covering the development economics section of the IB syllabus.
read more...»Marshall-Lerner and the J Curve
A revision worksheet for the higher level topic (Section 4.7) the J-Curve and Marshall-Lerner condition.
read more...»IB Economics Week 6
The week 6 revision ticklist for IB U6th economists
read more...»More Fair Trade News
Following on from my last blog at the start of the week there was an interesting article on the BBC website this week focusing on a recent report from the Fairtrade Foundation.
read more...»Fairtrade Fortnight
Whilst listening to the radio yesterday my attention was drawn to a piece highlighting a two week event that begins today that promises to be full of development economics.
read more...»Lewis Dual Sector Model
A revision worksheet on the Lewis Dual Sector Model.
The_Lewis_Dual_Sector_Model.pdf
Development Economics Charts
A resource that I make regular use of is the Daily Chart on the Economist website.
read more...»Development Economics Book
Whilst reading the Sunday papers today I came across a book recommendation that might be a useful resource when teaching the pros and cons of aid as a development strategy.
read more...»IB Economics Week 5
Here is the U6th week 5 revision ticklist for students and teachers alike.
read more...»African Fractals
Here is an example of maths being discovered after it had been invented!
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TOK Maths Discovered or Invented
Mathematics: Invention or Discovery?
read more...»Harrod- Domar Revision Worksheet
As many IB students and teachers come towards the end of their two year course one of the final topics covered is Growth and Development Strategies (section 5.4). This is a topic area needed by both higher and standard level students. Over the coming 10 days I will publish a set of revision worksheets relating to material found in this section. I hope they are of use.
The_Harrod_Domar_Growth_Model.pdf
Accelerator Revision Worksheet
A revision worksheet on the accelerator model. This is a higher level topic from section 3.4 of the IB syllabus.
Accelerator_Revision_Worksheet.pdf
Multiplier Revision Worksheet
A revision worksheet for the higher level topic The Multiplier. This is a topic found in Section 3.4 of the IB syllabus.
Multiplier_Revision_Worksheet.pdf
Teaching the WTO
Section 4.4 on the IB syllabus asks students to look at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in terms of its functions and its successes and failures.
This year when teaching the topic I made use of the excellent video resources avaliable on the WTO website. The selection of videos cover all of the points outlined in the syllabus. (The Virtual Tour and the Heart of the WTO are particuarly good videos)
I then divided my students into groups to produce short powerpoint presentations either arguing the WTO as a success or as a failure.
IB Economics Week 4
The week 4 revision ticklist
read more...»IB Economics Week 3
The week 3 revision ticklist.
read more...»IB Economics Week 2
The Week 2 revision tick list for U6th IB economists.
read more...»Teaching Development Economics
I always find the Development Economics section of the IB is one that teachers find the trickiest to teach due to the range and scope of possible issues to cover. For the past couple of years I have made use of a two major projects to keep students hooked.
read more...»Four Philosophical Questions
Four Philosophical questions to make your brain hurt
An interesting introduction to some of the issues that are relevant to the Theory of Knowledge IB Course.
Questions on the Truman Show
Question Sheet
Relevant to both the TOK course and the RE AS
The film focusses upon issues of perception and reality, Plato’s Cave, knowledge and truth.
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TOK Connections Perception/ Knowledge
A stimulus sheet - pictures / buzz words
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TOK Logic
An excellent overview of the areas of Logic for the ToK course. This contains links and definitions. A great resource for students and teachers. Click here
Deductive Logic
The Headless Professor explains Deductive Logic using Venn diagrams really clearly.
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Headless Professor ‘Logic Stacks’ is also another very clear presentation of the way in which Deductive Logic works. Click here for the link. This is a good kinesthetic activity if you want to have a go yourself!
The Language of Love
Love- every language has a word for love. Love is a basic human emotion.
read more...»Philosophers Football Match
Strange but true -
A board game simulating a football match between French and German Philosophers.
If you fancy a go then click here for the link. It contains all of the rules and everything you’ll need to play!
Moral Monkeys and Kant
In todays ‘Thought for the Day” Akhandadhi Das spoke about research presented last week to show that Monkeys express empathy and offer help when a fellow animal is in trouble. These findings seem to suggest that animals have a moral sense, thus calling into question the idea that humans are unique. Does this have implications for the Moral Argument as a proof for the existence of God?
read more...»IB Economics Week 1
My Upper Sixth IB economists have today started their revision in preparation for their final exams in May. Over the coming eight weeks we will revisit all of the material through a combination of revision lectures, class discussion and past paper practice. I will post a weekly blog giving a check list of material covered and suggestions for possible exam questions which will hopefully be of use for students sitting the papers next term.
read more...»IB Economics Resources
Over the coming few days we will be significantly developing resources aimed at students studying the IB, particularly IB economics. I would be very interested to hear from students or teachers as to the type of things they would find useful. I have also set up a discussion for teachers in the new tutor2u teacher forum. Let me know your thoughts
Welcome to the IB Diploma resource blog
This is the first post in what we hope will develop into a really useful resource for colleagues delivering the IB Diploma.
This blog is designed to support our other subject blogs (for example, Economics in the News, Business Studies, Politics) by focusing on the specific requirements of the IB Diploma programme.
We welcome all contributions from colleagues around the world involved in delivering the IB Diploma. You can contribute as a writer for the blog or perhaps join in with discussions on our IB Diploma discussion boards.
If you would like to write for this blog, please contact tutor2u via our online contact form. We can set you up with an author account very quickly and you will soon be sharing your materials, views and ideas with IB colleagues.
