global perspectives 3 activities pages 8, 9, 10 and 11 weektaks 46

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Global perspectives 5

pages 8, 9, 10 and 11

Healthcare

It's been a while since you completed activity 1.03, and today's activities refer to it, so let's revise issu 4 Healthcare on p.7

Individually: Based on the text with issue 4 on page 7, answer the first 2 discussion points:

1. What is the fairest system of healthcare and is this the same as the most effective one?
2. Does government healthcare place unacceptable limits on our ability to choose our own medical treatments?

Individually: Issue 4 is about health care. Read the text below issue 4.
IDENTIFY the issue in your own words.

Here are the four basic models. The circle in the middle represents the complicated American system.

https:

On this website you find Bloomberg's ranking of countries regarding their health care efficiency scores. 

Click on the country to see what the average numbers are. 

(The USA ranks 50th....) 

            T       Take notes on the     
     healtcare in

  1. the USA
2. the UK
            3. Switzerland

This video shows how the USA, the UK and Switzerland organise their healthcare: three different models.

Individually: Go to
https://healthcare.procon.org/
Is this a credible resource? Explain.

Individually: Search for arguments pro and against universal health care on
https://healthcare.procon.org/
https://healthcare.procon.org/should-all-americans-have-the-right-be-entitled-to-health-care-pro-con-quotes/
Find 2 pros and 2 cons that you think to be strong. Write them down below -in your own words-.

In pairs: Discuss with your neighbour the following questions and answer them again- including your new insights gained from this class-
1. What is the fairest system of healthcare and is this the same as the most effective one?
2. Does government healthcare place unacceptable limits on our ability to choose our own medical treatments?

Individually: Read 1.03 Following the Critical Path (p. 8-9). Answer the questions with the first discussion point:
Take issue 4 on healthcare in mind for this activity.

1. Of the 4 steps 1. identify, 2. explore, 3. consider and 4. communicate) which did you find easiest, and which did you find most challenging to complete?
2. What do you think the effect is of combining the steps so that they build on each other?

Individually: On page 9 you are asked to reflect. Answer the following questions:

1. Think back of examples from previous experience (maybe a group assignment, a presentation or something at work or...?) where you have had to analyse or evaluate?
2. How did you find this?

Individually: On page 10 you are asked to reflect once more. Answer the following question:

Write down one or two occasions in your life, in any context, where you have had to combine information from a number of different places in order to get something done or find something out (this can be regarding any contexts, so school related, but als work or family related and more)?

Individually: After having read pages 8, 9, 10 and 11, answer to the discussion point:

What are your experiences of working together with people (-any context is allowed- from group work at school to taking your role in your sports team)? What do you appreciate about working together and what do you dislike about it?