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Objective: explore global population trends and policies to address them
Objective: explore global population trends and policies to address them
Outcomes:
Outcomes:
Starter: describe the population trend projection you can see plotted here...
Starter: describe the population trend projection you can see plotted here...
Click the graph for the source
Task:
Task:
You will:
- be allocated one of the aspect of population from the UNFPA site.
- add brief notes to the shared Slides file (see Classroom)
- decide which of all the trends / patterns are the most pressing issue for the world to deal with
- vote on this
Questions:
Questions:
1. Define ageing population and find a population pyramid for a country of your choice that shows this situation. Annotate a screen shot to describe it.
2. UN Policy approaches to ageing population can be found here. and here Identify one policy and a key target of that policy.
3. Now research a policy in the country you chose in question 1. Briefly summarise it. This policy should be pro-natalist (add this term to your vocabulary), to help address the problem of ageing population. If you cannot find information for the country you selected in Question 1, France is a good example.
Plenary:
Plenary:
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