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” – refugeesYEAR 8 Chinese and Indian Inventors Asian LandformsYEAR 9 Globalisation Immigration and OriginsYEAR 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