A Reconceptualisation of "Knowing Asia" in Australian Education

Autor/in	Salter, Peta
Titel	A Reconceptualisation of "Knowing Asia" in Australian Education
Quelle	In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 36 (2015) 6, S.781-794 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0159-6306
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2014.967178
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Asian Studies; Concept Formation; Curriculum Development; Politics of Education; Cultural Education; Educational Policy; Literacy; Educational Practices; Asian History; Asian Culture; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Asia; Studies; Asienwissenschaft; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Culture; Education; Kulturelle Bildung; Kulturelle Erziehung; Politics of education; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Bildungspraxis; Australien
Abstract	Since 1969, over 60 Australian government and non-government policies, documents, committees, working parties and organisations have explored the need to "know Asia". In schools, this engagement is conceptualised as "Asia literacy" and disseminated in the emerging Australian Curriculum through the cross-curriculum priority "Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia". However, "Asia literacy" often struggles for purchase in Australian education. I argue that finding traction requires disruption of the dominant discourse of "Asia" as a unitary construct and questioning what constitutes "Asia". This article explores how discourse can be reconceptualised to open up space for schools to engage with "knowing Asia". (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01