Asia, Asians and Australian culture: national curriculum under fire and in defence
Written by administrator Tuesday, 26 October 2010 14:19
The Asia Education Foundation's Anne Fisher argues that "there is an important difference between meeting a curriculum priority and the general capability of Intercultural understanding. It
is important to reflect on the difference between the Asia priority in
the Australian Curriculum and the general capability of Intercultural
understanding because it is possible to think that they are different
aspects of the same thing. However, confusing the purpose of the Asia
priority with intercultural understanding does not recognise the
specific value to students of learning about the Asia region, and will
not allay the concerns of teachers who are unclear of the difference
between them in the Australian Curriculum. This lack of differentiation between intercultural understanding and the
Asia priority has arisen in recent conversations with teachers from a
range of teaching backgrounds and disciplines. Teachers and others are
naturally passionate about students being able to identify ..."
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