Professor Ian Dunham

Assignment: Sustainable Development Misconception Study

Background: The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are designed as a framework for all countries—developed and developing—to create meaningful strategies to tackle the world’s most pressing problems. As seen below, SDGs include a wide array of priorities, from addressing pressing environmental issues to improving health and education, reducing inequality, and spurring economic growth. The goals are widely referenced by academics and practitioners interested in the relationship between business, the natural environment, and society.

This assignment will test student knowledge about pressing world-scale social and environmental problems, as well as help students familiarize themselves with the SDGs.

Directions: Below you will find the directions to complete this assignment. Please answer the questions below, save your word document, and upload the completed document to Canvas once you are finished.

1. Navigate to the GapMinder Worldview Upgrader website at
https://upgrader.gapminder.org/

2. Select the 2020 Sustainable Development Misconception Study found here
https://upgrader.gapminder.org/t/2020-sustainable-development-misconception-study/

3. Select Test Yourself and answer the 18 questions

4. Now navigate to the Common Misconceptions about the UN Goals website
https://upgrader.gapminder.org/tg/ungoals/ Here you will find individual quizzes for each of the 17 SDGs. Select 3 SDGs that you are interested in learning more about and complete the brief quiz for each.

Questions:

1. How many questions did you get right on the 2020 Sustainable Development Misconception Study your first try?

2. Which 3 UN SDGs did you choose to learn more about and why?

3. What was your score for each of the three individual quizzes that you completed?

4. Discuss one thing that you learned about your misconceptions about the world/one thing that surprised you.

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