b entleigh s econdary c ollege engaging with asia
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BENTLEIGH SECONDARY COLLEGEENGAGING WITH ASIA
CURRICULUM AUDIT
Head of Pedagogy and interested teachers were given time release to look at Asian Literacy in our curriculum
Found that we weren’t rigorous and in some cases teachers would not teach Asian content at all
This team made sure that elements of Asia were taught throughout Year 7-10 particularly in Humanities and English areas of the curriculum and that there is a continuum between year levels
ENHANCING ASIAN LITERACY IN THE CURRICLUM
YEAR 7 all students study Chinese Civilization Australian and Asian Geography Study the novel “Boy overboard” – refugees
YEAR 8 Chinese and Indian Inventors Asian Landforms
YEAR 9 Globalisation Immigration and Origins
YEAR 10 Study the novel “Chinese Cinderella” Immigration
OTHER AREAS OF CURRICULUM HAVE EMBRACED ASIA
Food Technology - Asian food Textiles -Kimonos, Batik dying, types of
clothing Enquiry Based Learning Unit in Year 8Shift Happens and DVD Engage with Asia LOTE – we teach 3 languages in Years 7 & 8 Greek Indonesian Japanese
INTERNATIONAL AGENDA AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Emphasising the importance of enhancing our students’ Asian Literacy
Better integration of our International Students
Hosting of overseas students and teachers In the last year we have hosted Japanese
students from Glen Eira sister city of Ogaki Hosted and developed a 3 week program for
students from South Korea A visiting delegation of teachers from a
school in Hainan China
SISTER CITY- OGAKI JAPAN
CHUNCHEON SCHOOL STUDENTS- SOUTH KOREA
CHINESE EDUCATORS’ VISIT
COLLEGE JAPAN TOUR 2010
RAISE THE PROFILE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE
SITE OF OUR NEW JAPANESE GARDEN
PARTNERHIPS WITH NETWORKS, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND BUSINESS
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