idsa02 orientation session and introduction to course objectives
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Orientation session for IDSA02 (Winter 2014) Experiencing Development in AfricaTRANSCRIPT
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Experiencing Development in
Africa
IDSA02H3 2014
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Agenda
• Course objectives• History and purpose of the course• Learning expectations• Class format• Key activities• Evaluations• Student involvement
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Course Objectives
• Understanding the complexity of economic, social, political, and organizational issues that act as barriers to development in African countries;
• The reality of working with partners in capacity building in a developing country setting;
• The skills - including research, proposal writing, presentations, collaboration, event planning, fund-raising - that are needed to move development projects forward.
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History of the course
• Joint course with African Studies Program• An experiment with experiential learning at
the first year level• Student-centre and problem-based learning• Thematic approach • Partnership with CAABWA
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Models of learning
• Traditional class-room based• Service learning– Community based– Travel abroad– Internship– “Voluntourism”
• Co-op• Life-long learning
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Evaluation
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Why Africa?
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Myths and Perception
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Which Africa?
“a continent of opportunity— the last emerging investment frontier” Kofi Annan
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Kofi AnnanFormer Secretary General of the UN
“ Real GDP [in Africa] grew by nearly 5% annually between 2000 and 2008 – twice the level of the previous two decades; According to the African Development Bank, 6 African countries are forecast to enjoy growth this year above seven per cent; 15 countries above five per cent; and 27 countries above three per cent; Direct foreign investment has soared from $9 billion in 2000 to $52 billion in 2011; The IMF [predicts] the continent will have as many as seven of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world over the next decade.”
http://kofiannanfoundation.org/newsroom/speeches/2011/02/future-africa
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French map of Africa c. 1911 with colonial claims. British possessions are in yellow; French possessions in pink; Belgian in orange; German in green; Portuguese in purple; Italian in striped pink; Spanish in striped orange; independent Ethiopia in brown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa
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http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/africaa.htm
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http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/teachers/curriculum/m5/activity5.php
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http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/interactive/2011/jul/11/a-political-history-of-africa-interactive
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http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html
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Why NGOs?
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http://theglobaljournal.net/top100NGOs/
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Just 2.6% of articles on Wikipedia are about Africa despite the continent containing 14% of the world's population
http://geography.oii.ox.ac.uk/#information-imbalance-africa-on-wikipedia
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Impact of powerful foundations?
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A Rising Wave of Criticism?
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Some iNGOs we will be visiting
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