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Week 4 - Gross Domestic Product

Week 4 The Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

The GDP is one of the most ubiquitous Economic indicator used in our world, yet, how is the Gross Domestic Product actually derived? What is the history to the invention of this statistic and why does the GDP have such power in our social reality? How is this phenomenon linked to the concept of Banking Education that was developed by Freire?

       GDP - The most powerful and common economic indicator created? (MM Desk, 2021)

 

Lesson Objectives:

1. Explain how the GDP is derived

2. Define GDP, economic growth, banking education

3. Reflect: What are the ways I have been “banked” in my education that creates a sense of unbridled faith in the GDP?(Personal Update 4 - 200 words)

4. Comment on 2 Peers' Updates (75 words using terms and ideas learned)

 

Pre-Session Material (please complete before synchronous sessions)

Take notes and type your wonderings at the end of this pre-session below.

 

What is the GDP and how is it derived? How is GDP helpful? Problematic?

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                                                                  (CNBC. 2018)

Who is Freire and What is "Banking" Education?

Either watch or read Freire's own words - Pedagogy of the Oppressed chapter 2

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                                                                      (Raja, 2019)

 

Freire's Seminal Work - Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

                                                                     (Freire, 2018)

References

Freire, P. (2018). Pedagogy of the oppressed: 50th anniversary edition. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.

CNBC. (2018). What is GDP? [Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLom1WlqwS0

MM Desk. (2021, April 7). Why GDP is not a Good Measure of Economic Welfare? [Photo]. Machine Maker. https://themachinemaker.com/market/gdp-economic-welfare-gnh-hdi-gep-0704

Raja, Dr. M. (2019). Paulo Freire: The banking concept of education [Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L6tTz2CUQw

 

 

Comment: What new insights have you gained about the GDP?

What is a wondering you have as a result of this week's pre-session materials?

 

 

 

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