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BRIDGE over troubled water
An exciting new documentary highlights the increasing pressures on rivers on two very distinct islands - Kangaroo Island and Sumatra. The Asia Education Foundation provided support for the project through the NALSSP Becoming Asia Literate: Grants to Schools. Read more.
My Place for Teachers interactive website
In this website you will find:
13 stories about children: their special place is a fig tree that represents a place of belonging for children for more than 130 years
A decade timeline: highlights events in the children's lives for each decade of Australian history, politics, society, technology, and science
More than 300 teaching activities: rich curriculum content to support the Australian Curriculum for History and English
Interviews with author Nadia Wheatley and producer Penny Chapman
Image bank: stills gallery, clips, production materials and poster design
Interactive teacher forum: share your ideas and strategies for My Place in the classroom with other teachers and much more.
Go to My Place for Teachers interactive website.
Cultural Infusion National Schools Program
Cultural Infusion delivers two main programs, Diversity in Your School Program and Get a GRIP Health & Well-being Program. These programs:
- acknowledge the value that intercultural communication brings to the wellbeing of a school
- students gain hands-on experience and insight into diverse cultures
- incorporates arts and cultural presenters from diverse cultures and backgrounds
- presents fun, interactive and engaging performance workshops to enhance the school curriculum, and encourage intercultural dialogue.
More than 250,000 students and teachers annually across Australia access this program. Click here for details
Contact: (03) 9412 6666. For interstate callers, freecall 1800 010 069, or email info@culturalinfusion.com
Website of the week
Be inspired by Over Water; the story of one school's in-depth exploration and celebration of students' cultural backgrounds.
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Read analysis of events in East Asia on the East Asia Forum, an authoritative platform for research, analysis and debate hosted by the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research at ANU’s College of Asia and the Pacific.
Australia’s muslim cameleers
26 February – 19 September 2010
Explore a fascinating part of Australian history through this exhibition at the Immigration Museum in Melbourne. The exhibition is rich in images, artefacts and stories of the pioneering group of men who did much to open up outback Australia over a period of five decades. For more details, visit the website. The National Archives hosts a great complementary resource titled Muslim Journeys which has the images and personal stories of many Muslims arriving in Australia over time.
Connections between Australia and Asia
Trade, education, tourism and migration are four of seven areas of engagement between Australia and Asia explored in new research undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Asialink. The PwC Melbourne Institute Asialink Index tracks engagement along seven dimensions from 1990, charting Australia’s relations with Asia and comparing this to our relations with the rest of the world. More information
Asialink Essay
Asialink Dunlop Medalist and distinguished international relations scholar, Professor Nancy Viviani, addresses the ‘Big Country’ immigration debate. We haven't thought enough about the social and economic impact of the latest anticipated increases in immigration, she says - the ‘explosive’ mix created when a relatively low skilled local population comes under pressure from high levels of more skilled migration. Treasury, she says, thinks it is cheaper to free-ride on the educational investments by other countries in our migrants, while failing to properly build our own skill-levels. Read essay
The NALSSP My Future: Asia Skills project
The National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Program (NALSSP) Strategic Partnership Program has funded the My Future: Asia Skills project led by the Australian Industry Group in partnership with Education Services Australia Ltd and the AEF. The project will build information and resources about the need for Asia skills in a range of industries into Australia’s premier careers information portal MyFuture. The portal is targeted at students and their families.
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Australia Network’s program Nexus aired three interviews from the 2009 AEF National Summit: Asia Literacy for Every Young Australian.
- Episode 27 ‘Asia Literacy’ featured Kathe Kirby, Executive Director, AEF
- Episode 28 presented Senior Constable Maha Sukkar, Victoria Police
- Episode 30 featured Simon Barker, jazz percussionist specialising in Korean drumming
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Heather Ridout, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Industry Group
interviewed by Ali Moore, Presenter, ABC TV’s Lateline Business
Video: 6:19
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Why the push for greater Asia literacy makes cents
Caroline Davey, SBS Radio, interviews Heather Ridout, 5 May 2009
Nik Feith Tan, Australian Indonesian Youth Exchange Program alumnus
"People-to-people contact will ensure that misconceptions about each others' cultures don't arise."
