Factfulness, Inquiry & Global Ignorance: Home

"To think about the future, we must know about the present." 

Hans Rosling (1948-2017)

#Factfulness is a disposition

A globally-competent learner needs to have a factful understanding of the world we live in; to be able to navigate and evaluate data and sources effectively and to take action on inquiry that has a solid foundation of well-learned knowledge and skills. As international educators, it is on us to activate these inquiries and be vigilant for outdated stereotypes and prejudices. To this end, we can use real-world data to tell compelling stories across the curriculum and to inspire meaningful inquiry in our learners. 

This guide has a range of tech and non-tech tools to evaluate global-mindedness, access real-world data and use to inspire meaningful inquiry. Including Wolfram|Alpha, Gapminder, Dollar Street, SDG Tracker, Making Thinking Visible, and more, these resources will help you enhance the international dimension of your units.

Check out the tabs at the top, including: 

• Gapminder Instincts & Rules of Thumb: Why are we wrong and what can we do about it? 
• Dollar Street: Global photography project to bring levels of development to life.
• AI Outperforms Humans (and monkeys) -  but still has some misconceptions. 

Visit the Gapminder WorldView Upgrader for a whole series of misconception-busting quizzes on development, countries, regions, climate and more. 

Read more: Should we stop "pitting the 'developed' world against the 'developing' world?" and start using the four levels of development? Here's Bill Gates's take (and descriptions of the four levels.) From Business Insider.