Exploring representations of Asian identities in films for the Australian Curriculum
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2013
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In this paper we focus on one facet of Asia literacy and examine the potential of intercultural understanding through two films about Asians in Australia, as the basis for exploring Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia 'inside' and not through the more accepted mode of 'outside' the nation. In doing so we foreground how teachers’ critical and imaginative curriculum work can realise some of the promises of the framing document for the current national curriculum project, the Melbourne Declaration (MCEECDYA, 2008). In particular, we focus on opportunities for young people to develop an Asia-related cultural literacy that goes beyond instrumental notions of engagement with Asia and explore the evolving nature of contemporary Australian society; a society that continues to develop in response to regional flows and interactions with people and cultures. To this end we engage with the notion of “diasporic hybridity” as a dynamic cultural space through selected films and literature, about Asia in Australia, in particular, Bondi Tsunami (Lucas, 2004) and Footy Legends (Do, 2006) and selected prose works. Our paper introduces the policy background of the Australian Curriculum and suggests multimodal, English classroom applications for the films and literature under study. |
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Australian Association for the Teaching of English Inc. |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/59753/2/59753.pdf http://www.aate.org.au/view_journal.php?id=53 Henderson, Deborah J. & Jetnikoff, Anita (2013) Exploring representations of Asian identities in films for the Australian Curriculum. English in Australia, 48(2), pp. 33-44. |
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Copyright 2013 Australian Association for the Teaching of English |
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Children & Youth Research Centre; Office of Education Research; School of Curriculum; Faculty of Education; Faculty of Health |
Palavras-Chave | #130204 English and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE ESL and TESOL) #Australian Curriculum: English #multimodality #diasporic hybridity #National curriculum:intercultural understanding #educational policy #Asia literacy #Australian film |
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Journal Article |