The world ranking
We are going to study and learn more about all aspects of poverty. We are going to discover the inequality there is in the world and how we can come across situations of need and hardship anywhere in the world, even in the Basque Country.
- Setting the scene within the area
One of the topics studied in this course is statistics and data gathering.
Through this teaching unit we will work on the multidimensional concept of global poverty and inequality.
- Goals
- Expand the concept of poverty and discover other dimensions
- Be conscious that there is poverty even on our own doorstep
- Content
- Dimensions of poverty: health, diet, hygiene, work and education
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Reading and interpretation of tables and graphs
- Comparing data
- Statistical calculations: averages
- Acknowledging the existence of other realities
- Critical assessment of information expressed in mathematical terms
- Interest in finding about other realities throughout the world
- Enjoying the analysis and study of graphs
- Basic competences studied
Competence in mathematics
Through the different ways of presenting mathematical information, such as arithmetic averages, percentages, etc. and through the interpretation of graphs and tables, pupils are encouraged to acquire, understand and use their mathematical knowledge within this context to compare countries on the basis of different indicators.Pupils will be required to perform the exercise of transferring the information on the different countries featured in a text to a table, and then carry out the necessary operations to find the average.
In addition, stimulus is given to pupils’ ability to observe, analyse, reason and communicate using mathematical data.
Pupils relate mathematical knowledge to the multidimensional concept of poverty and the inequalities to be found in the world, taking their reference to be a set of nine countries.
Competence in the culture of science, technology and health
The use of arithmetic averages, present throughout the unit, provides pupils with a chance to gain a better understanding of reality, increasing their responsibility and their interaction with it.Pupils will be in a position to understand and describe more accurately both the situation in their most immediate surroundings, the Basque Country, and the standard of living in other countries around the world.
Pupils will draw up a table and look at different maps and graphs, developing their ability to interpret information and obtain more reliable data.
Competence in processing information and honing digital skills
This teaching unit helps pupils to understand different social and economic realities through the use of statistical and mathematical data, such as averages, as well as through the study and analysis of the graphs and maps featured in the unit.At the same time, the study of the entire unit requires basic computing skills for downloading documents and the use of software tools and programs, thereby helping to incorporate and integrate the everyday use of new technologies and, therefore, develop digital competence.
Competence for personal initiative and independence
The content related to solving mathematical problems reinforces pupils’ competence for personal initiative and independence, enabling them to understand the circumstances in which men and women live in the Basque Country and elsewhere.This unit shows pupils the importance of the support provided by relatives and friends, as well as the social policies the country provides, and people’s own personal initiative for dealing with situations of poverty and social exclusion.
Learning to learn
The teaching unit will instruct pupils in the use of different mathematical tools: averages, graphs and tables, as well as in the interpretation of situations related to the reality in other countries and in the Basque Country itself.A boost is given to the skill required for organising information, through a table, and pupils are taught to make a critical reading of numerical data, making comparisons between countries, between men and women either within the same country or not, etc.
This teaching unit helps to develop the competence by encouraging pupils to continuously think about what they already knew, what they have learnt and the effort required to express it.
Competence in language communication
Throughout the teaching unit, pupils will use the mathematical language it contains, such as averages or percentages, thereby facilitating the incorporation of this type of precise and technical information into their everyday discourse.In addition, pupils will exercise and develop the skills required both for listening and for expressing in writing and orally the mathematical content studied in the unit.
These exercises involving listening and the communication of one’s own thoughts and reasoning will enable pupils to build their own critical standpoint regarding the different circumstances of poverty and injustice that occur throughout the world.
Social competence and citizenship
Pupils will be able to learn about the situations of inequality between countries and between men and women to be found not only in other countries but also in their own backyard.Pupils will also be familiarised with the multidimensional concept of poverty, linked to a lack of education, access to drinking water, health, etc. and not only related to purchasing power.
Finally the teaching unit helps pupils to understand their more immediate environment, namely, the Basque Country.
- Values studied
The teaching unit presents pupils with different situations that reveal the inequality or injustice that exists in the world and the lack of opportunities blocking access to basic rights, and focus is placed on the need for equal opportunities and the enjoyment of Human Rights.
In addition, encouragement is given regarding awareness and empathy towards those other realities experienced by millions of people throughout the world, with pupils taught the value of solidarity through their understanding of these inequalities.