Globalisation and national curriculum reform in Australia : the push for Asia literacy


Autoria(s): Henderson, Deborah J.
Contribuinte(s)

Zajda, Joseph

Data(s)

30/01/2015

Resumo

This chapter explores the policy context for the push for a national curriculum and the inclusion of Asia literacy for schooling in Australia in the light of current links between globalisation, education and policy analysis and the notion of the learning/knowledge society of the twenty-first century. It is anticipated that discussion of the Australian context will be insightful for those other nations concerned with positioning Asia in school curricula, including for example, New Zealand, Canada, USA and UK. In doing so, the chapter considers the challenges to the implementation of Asia literacy in Australia with specific reference to current and future teachers for, as with many nations, the teaching profession in Australia is on the cusp of generational change as large numbers of teachers aged in their mid to late fifties embark on retirement (Teaching Australia, 2007). A major challenge in addressing these demographic shifts in Australia, lies with meeting the demand for replacement teachers and preparing future teachers (Skilbeck, & Connell, 2004; McKenzie, 2012) with Asia-related knowledge.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/79002/

Publicador

Springer Science+Business Media B. V.

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/79002/1/Henderson_National_curriculum_reform_Author-Version.pdf

DOI:10.1007/978-94-017-9493-0_37

Henderson, Deborah J. (2015) Globalisation and national curriculum reform in Australia : the push for Asia literacy. In Zajda, Joseph (Ed.) Second International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research. Springer Science+Business Media B. V., Dordrecht, pp. 633-647.

Direitos

Copyright 2015 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

Fonte

Children & Youth Research Centre; School of Curriculum; Faculty of Education

Palavras-Chave #130103 Higher Education #130205 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Economics Business and Management) #130300 SPECIALIST STUDIES IN EDUCATION #130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators #Asia literacy #national curriculum #globalisation #education policy #pre-service teacher education
Tipo

Book Chapter