How can we use the things we share in common to address some of the most challenging problems facing the world? This course examines issues concerning poverty, the environment, technology, health care, gender, education and activism to help us understand better how to initiate positive change.
How to Change the World
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Wesleyan University
Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso
Semana
1What are Social Goods? From the Commons to Moral Revolutions
Discussion about what our social good is, how we define it and how it can be sustainably used.
7 videos (Total 148 min), 1 leitura, 1 teste
7 videos
Genealogy of the Idea of Social Good23min
Reciprocity and Giving Back to the Commons19min
From Legitimate Communal Regulation to Pressures for Exploitation23min
Fisheries Forests and Sustainable Productivity22min
Cultures of Trust and Reinforcing the Commons by Practicing Cooperation21min
From Copyright to Communities of Cooperative Practice16min
1 leituras
Recommended Readingsmin
Semana
2Poverty and Development
Discussion about poverty and the relationship of poverty to philanthropy and to foreign aid, actions taken to mitigate the effects of poverty, of major theorists and economists working in this area and , also, a new approach to this subject through randomized experimentation.
7 videos (Total 165 min), 1 leitura, 1 teste
7 videos
Varieties of Poverty and Development22min
Listening to the Poor to Find Out What Works24min
Multi-Pronged Effort: Private Enterprise, Government and Inclusive Growth24min
Systematic Efforts to Find Out What Works Best19min
Breaking out of Cycles of Suffering23min
Inclusive Economic Growth and a Global Movement to End Poverty24min
1 leituras
Recommended Readingsmin
Semana
3Climate Change and Sustainability
Discussion about political and economic ramifications of climate change, including how to think big about sustainability
9 videos (Total 196 min), 1 leitura, 1 teste
9 videos
Global Challenges and Local Responses23min
Making a Difference and Varied Challenges17min
Grassroots Politics and Climate Change (1)22min
Politics and the Disruption of Ecosystems21min
Conversation with a Climate Economist on Risk Management21min
Risk, Assessment and Reducing Likelihood of Disaster16min
Conversation on Energy, Sustainability and Solution Science23min
Solution Science and What We Can Do26min
1 leituras
Recommended Readingsmin
Semana
4Disease and Global Health Care
Discussion about health care and poverty, considering major challenges that disease presents around the world and the global role of healthcare
7 videos (Total 191 min), 1 leitura, 1 teste
7 videos
Democracy, Health and Engagement20min
Major Health Challenges and Responses (1)27min
Major Health Challenges and Responses (2)31min
Testing our Work to Make it Most Effective25min
Care, Organization and Making a Real Difference38min
Motivating Change and Holistic Responses to Poverty25min
1 leituras
Recommended Readingsmin
Melhores avaliações
por YC•Sep 7th 2017
Great experience that has changed my perspective of the world and my role in it. I would like to take this opportunity to thank professor Roth for taking on this course and offering it to everyone.
por VP•Sep 7th 2017
Honestly, my knowledge has broadened quite a lot on social issues face by various individuals today. I loved doing this course because its a real eye-opener.
Sobre Wesleyan University
At Wesleyan, distinguished scholar-teachers work closely with students, taking advantage of fluidity among disciplines to explore the world with a variety of tools. The university seeks to build a diverse, energetic community of students, faculty, and staff who think critically and creatively and who value independence of mind and generosity of spirit.
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