{"id":720,"date":"2020-04-22T04:36:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T04:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/gfs101\/?page_id=720"},"modified":"2020-04-22T04:36:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T04:36:29","slug":"syllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/gfs101\/course-guide\/syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p><big><br \/>\n<\/big><\/p>\n<p><big><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Familiarise_yourself_with_the_course_site\">Familiarise yourself with the course site<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"s0\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"summary\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/gfs101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_summary.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Orientation<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>Familiarise yourself with the course site.<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLearning materials:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Make sure you have read and begun to engage with the <a href=\"\/gfs101\/startup\/start-here\" title=\"Global food security\/GFS101\/Start\"> Start Here<\/a> menu.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Key activities:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Work through the learning materials for the <a href=\"\/gfs101\/course-guide\/overview\" title=\"Global food security\/GFS101\/Overview\"> Overview<\/a>. It will help orientate your learning.\n<\/li>\n<li> Complete the OERu new participant survey (optional).\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Thinking_Through_Food_Security\">Thinking Through Food Security<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"s1\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"summary\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/gfs101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_summary.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Thinking Through Food Security<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>A good place to start to understand Global Food Security is asking what being food secure means and understanding that many people on this earth, in particular from the developing world, on a daily basis face the existential threat of being food insecure..<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLearning materials:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work through the learning materials for the <a href=\"\/gfs101\/learning-pathways\/thinking-through-food-security\/-thinking-through-food-security\" title=\"Global food security\/GFS101\/Thinking Through Food Security\/Overview\"> Thinking Through Food Security<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/gfs101\/learning-pathways\/thinking-through-food-security\/-what-is-food-security\" title=\"Global food security\/GFS101\/Thinking Through Food Security\/What is Food Security\"> What is food security?<\/a> and <a href=\"\/gfs101\/learning-pathways\/thinking-through-food-security\/-hunger\" title=\"Global food security\/GFS101\/Thinking Through Food Security\/Hunger\"> Hunger<\/a>,\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Exploring_the_Global_Food_System\">Exploring the Global Food System<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"s2\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"summary\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/gfs101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_summary.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Exploring the Global Food System<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>The global food system has become the dominant mechanism for food production and consumption in many parts of the world. To being we take we take a look at agriculture and its origins. <\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLearning materials:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Work through the learning materials for <a href=\"\/gfs101\/learning-pathways\/exploring-the-global-food-system\/-exploring-the-global-food-system\" title=\"Global food security\/GFS101\/Exploring the Global Food System\/Overview\"> Exploring the Global Food System<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/gfs101\/learning-pathways\/exploring-the-global-food-system\/-origins-and-development-of-agriculture\" title=\"Global food security\/GFS101\/Exploring the Global Food System\/Origins and Development of Agriculture\"> Origins and Development of Agriculture<\/a> and <a href=\"\/gfs101\/learning-pathways\/exploring-the-global-food-system\/-different-types-of-farms-and-actors-within-the-global-food-system\" title=\"Global food security\/GFS101\/Exploring the Global Food System\/Different types of farms and actors within the global food system\"> Different types of farms and actors within the global food system<\/a>,\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Ethics_and_choices:_skills_for_tackling_global_food_security\">Ethics and choices: skills for tackling global food security<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"s3\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"summary\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/gfs101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_summary.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Earth Systems Exchange<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>In this week&#8217;s content Rob explores some of the normative statements you have been hearing throughout the unit. This week&#8217;s content will enable you to question:<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>Learning materials:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work through the learning materials for <a href=\"\/gfs101\/learning-pathways\/ethics-and-choices-skills-for-tackling-global-food-security\/-ethics-and-choices-skills-for-tackling-global-food-security\" title=\"Global food security\/GFS101\/Ethics and choices: skills for tackling global food security\/Overview\"> Ethics and choices: skills for tackling global food security<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"\/gfs101\/learning-pathways\/ethics-and-choices-skills-for-tackling-global-food-security\/-what-are-the-grounds-of-ethics-within-global-food-security-\" title=\"Global food security\/GFS101\/Ethics and choices: skills for tackling global food security\/What are the grounds of ethics within global food security?\"> What are the grounds of ethics within global food security? <\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Population.2C_Hunger.2C_Inequality\">Population, Hunger, Inequality<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"s0\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"summary\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/gfs101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_summary.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Population, Hunger, Inequality<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>This week&#8217;s content will enable you to:<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Understand global population change from 1950 to the present and likely scenarios through to 2050.\n<\/li>\n<li> Reflect on the future in relation to ideas of global food security, and particularly on the relationship between the production of food production and the distribution of food.\n<\/li>\n<li> Consider the relationship between food and population.\n<\/li>\n<li> Understand the basic features of global food production change from 1950 to the present.\n<\/li>\n<li> Consider the relationship between food and economic inequality\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nLearning materials:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work through the learning materials for <a href=\"\/gfs101\/learning-pathways\/population-hunger-inequality\/-population-hunger-inequality\" title=\"Global food security\/GFS101\/Population, Hunger, Inequality\/Overview\"> Population, Hunger, Inequality<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"\/gfs101\/learning-pathways\/population-hunger-inequality\/-population\" title=\"Global food security\/GFS101\/Population, Hunger, Inequality\/population\"> Population<\/a> and <a href=\"\/gfs101\/learning-pathways\/population-hunger-inequality\/-hunger-inequality\" title=\"Global food security\/GFS101\/Population, Hunger, Inequality\/Hunger, Inequality\"> Hunger, 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