Engage with AsiaLisa HaymanStudies of Asia AdviserStudent Learning DivisionDEECD

hayman.lisa.l@edumail.vic.gov.au

The 2020 Summit held in May 2008

provided the opportunity to identify key

educational priorities for the next twelve

years. Australia’s Asia 2020 Vision

highlighted the need “..to renew our

nation’s engagement with Asia if we are

to maximize our potential to engage

globally. Australia’s Asia 2020 vision is

based on the urgent need to mainstream

Asia literacy to secure our future”.

Michael Wesley presentation

Video: Professor Michael Wesley, Opening Plenery, 2020 Summit Canberrahttp://mptv.com.au/av/2008/2020summit/0419-5-michael-wesley.php

Questions to considerKey Ideas presented

Identify the value of investigating studies of Asia further

Identify 3 questions you would like answered

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wants Australia to become “the most Asia literate country in the world.”

The National Statement for Engaging Young Australians with Asia in Australian Schools (MCEETYA, 2005) sets out the skills and knowledge required to equip young Australians to:

• boost productivity through working with the world’s largest economies including China, India and Japan

• collaborate with our neighbours in Asia to resolve global issues including environmental sustainability and poverty

• strengthen our social capital through understanding Australia’s rich, diverse heritage and what it means to be Australian today.

• ___% of the earth’s land

• ___% of the world’s population

• the world’s two most populous nations: ______ and ______

• two of the world’s superpowers: _____ and ______

• ____ has the greatest diversity of belief systems

• The world’s largest Muslim nation is

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Why Asia?

• ___% of the earth’s land

• ___% of the world’s population

• the world’s two most populous nations: ______ and ______

• two of the world’s superpowers: _____ and ______

• ____ has the greatest diversity of belief systems

• The world’s largest Muslim nation is

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Why Asia•30% of the earth’s land

•60% of the world’s population

•the world’s two most populous nations: China and India

•two of the world’s superpowers: Japan and China

•Asia has the greatest diversity of belief systems

•World’s largest Muslim nation Indonesia

Land Map www.worldmapper.org

World Map based on population

What does this tell us?Does it have implications for the classroom??

Interconnectedness between Australia and Asia

Brainstorm

Interconnectedness• 2010 China will be Australia’s largest trading

partner• China, India and Japan will join the United

States as the world’s four biggest economies by 2020

• Top 10 source countries for overseas student enrolments are all Asian nations

• By 2013, Tourism Australia anticipates visitors from Asia will make up 50% of inbound tourism

• 23% of Australians were born overseas – about 5% in Asia

• 800,00 speak an Asian language at home

We are the future• Do you know what to teach me?

• Do you know what I need to learn?

• And do you know how to teach me?

• Are you confident that you can design a curriculum which will equip me to live in my world?

Professional Reading

VELS + Studies of Asia

It is now time to move beyond just

occasionally peppering our lessons

with examples of food, stories,

music or costumes from Asian

countries, to clearly articulating

what outcomes we want students to

achieve and designing learning

experiences that enable and

encourage students to achieve

them.

Curriculum development – scope and sequence charts

Timelines and RoadmapsMaking connections between you and Asia

Individually create a timeline to represent the ‘presence’ of connections with Asia in your life from birth to present.

Indicate significant events and periods associated with the Asian ‘presence’ in your life – at home, school and in the community – consider food, leisure, clothes, religion………

Timelines and RoadmapsMaking connections between you and Asia

What is your desired future with Asia?

•Personal life

•Socioeconomic future

Supporting ICT readiness

“It is impossible to conceive of a future Australian Education system that does not take the study of Asia seriously.”

Deputy Prime Minister, The Hon. Julia Gillard MP, AEF Forum, May 2008

Leading 21st Century Schools: Engage with Asia

2Leading 21st Century Schools: Engage with Asia

Australia – India Teacher Exchange Programme Global Classroom

Project

•Support professional learning between participants

•Build on collaborative nature of Study Tour through the development of a collaborative classroom project between Australian and Indian schools.

•Use of web 2.0 technology to support student and teacher collaboration, communication and creativity.

2Leading 21st Century Schools: Engage with Asia

2008 Study Tours

21st Century Schools: Engage

with Asia