Defining development
I can define quality of life and development and understand how their definitions have changed over time.
- Year 11
- Edexcel B
Defining development
I can define quality of life and development and understand how their definitions have changed over time.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Quality of life has multiple aspects, some of which are subjective such as life satisfaction.
- Development is a contested term often linked to a limited (Eurocentric), outdated view of economic progress.
- Its definition has broadened over time to include human welfare, social and environmental justice.
- The process of development is neither inevitable nor apolitical.
Keywords
Quality of life - for individuals or the community, a measure of social and economic well-being
Built environment - the parts of places in which we live that have been built by people, rather than exist in nature
Life satisfaction - a subjective measure of happiness used to compare countries
Development - the progress of a country in terms of wealth, use of technology and human welfare
Common misconception
That a single image can help us to understand how quality of life is different in distant places.
While images can be of use they can not depict all aspects of life, moreover each image can only ever show a single place or group of people. Within any country there is a diversity of lived experience.
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