1.
The development compass rose
Natural
These are questions about the environment - energy, air, water,
soil, living things and their relationships to each other.
These questions are about the built as well as the ‘natural’ environment.
W ho Economic
decides? These are questions about
money, trading, aid, ownership,
These are questions about power,
who makes choices and decides buying and selling.
what is to happen; who benefits
and loses as a result of these
decisions and at what cost.
Social
These are questions about people, their relationships, their traditions,
culture and the way they live. They include questions about how, for
example, gender, race, disability, class and age affect social relationships.
This framework was developed by teachers involved
in the Tide~ network as a tool for investigating
development and citizenship issues.
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TIDE~
global learning toolkit
from The development compass rose consultation pack www.tide global learning.net