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Welcome to the Triple A Learning blog for DP Geography. The most recent blog posts are listed below and you can access the blog archive by following the appropriate link in the panel on the left.

January 17, 2012

Professional development with Triple A Learning’s cost-effective online workshops

There is still time to take advantage of Triple A Learning’s cost-effective online workshops. Over the last three years we have trained over 4000 IB teachers on our IB authorised workshops, at both category 1 and category 3.

Follow the links below to see the range on offer. Our next session begins on FEBRUARY 20th. Do not miss out on these…book now to update your professional training. Our interactive workshops and resources will help take your career to the next level and support your classroom practice. Our courses cover subject-specific and whole-school topics and make the in-service training budget go further.

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December 6, 2011

Urban Ecology

Filed under: Geography — Tags: — Trevor Cole @ 12:12 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16032471

Urban ecology model ‘needs to change’  6.12.2011

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December 5, 2011

Income Inequality – GINI coefficient

Filed under: Geography — Tags: — Trevor Cole @ 6:05 pm

Incomes – Inequality street

Dec 5th 2011, 14:42 by The Economist online

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Social disparities in Rio de Janeiro

Filed under: Geography — Tags: — Trevor Cole @ 11:39 am

Social disparities  in Rio de Janeiro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjYe7oMWvI4

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November 24, 2011

Triple A donates new computers to One Laptop Per Child cause

One Laptop per Child

Here at Triple A Learning, we’ve always supported the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) cause. With a mission to “empower the world’s poorest children through education“, who could fail to be moved by its ideals.

What OLPC believes

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November 23, 2011

Gender disparity?

Filed under: Geography — Tags: — Trevor Cole @ 12:43 pm

A frightening portrayal using brilliant imagery to illustrate the abuse of women in war with special reference to the DRC.  This could be used in ‘Populations in transition’ as a means of illustrating how the exploitation of women is used as a tool of war.  It also emphasises the key role that women play in society in holding communities together.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/multimedia/2011/01/rape_weapon_war

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November 18, 2011

As Global Population Surpasses 7 Billion, Two Clear Strategies for a Sustainable Future

Filed under: Geography — Tags: — Trevor Cole @ 12:46 pm

http://www.worldwatch.org/node/9162

As the global population surpassed 7 billion people sometime around the end of October, addressing the challenges associated with a still-growing world population will require a two-pronged response. The combined measures of empowering women to make their own decisions about childbearing and significantly reducing global consumption of energy and natural resources would move humanity toward rather than further away from environmentally sustainable societies that meet human needs.

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October 31, 2011

7 billion reasons to empower women

Filed under: Geography — Tags: — Trevor Cole @ 7:46 pm


http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/31/opinion/turner-7-billion/
By Ted Turner, Special to CNN
October 31, 2011

 A Philippine health worker discusses family planning with a class of pregnant women in suburban Manila this year.


Editor’s note: Ted Turner is the founder and chairman of theUnited Nations Foundation.

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October 26, 2011

Urban climate change in mega-cities

Filed under: Geography — Tags: , — Trevor Cole @ 5:32 pm

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/asia-africa-megacities-top-climate-change-risk-survey/

Asia, Africa megacities top climate change risk survey

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October 17, 2011

Global teacher shortage

Filed under: Geography — Tags: — Trevor Cole @ 6:00 pm

Global teacher shortage threatens progress on education

Disparities in development, gender imbalances and failing to fulfil the goal of ‘universal primary education’ are all included in this discussion.  There are opportunites to examine and discuss the reasons for and impacts of such educational deprivation.  The development gap widens and it is often the poorest of nations who are most affected.

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