Asia Literate Schooling in the Asian Century (Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia)

Globalization, migration, transnational movements and the development of the tiger economies of Asia have led education leaders and policy makers around the world but particularly in Australia, the USA, Canada, and New Zealand to view schools as key sites for developing ‘globally competent’, ‘Asia literate’ citizens who have the capabilities to live, work and interact with the peoples, cultures and societies of Asia. In what has been dubbed the ‘Asian Century’, nations are increasingly seeking to transform their schooling policies, curricula, and teaching workforces to engage with the growing influence of the peoples, cultures and societies both within and beyond Asia. This is the first book to subject to critical scrutiny and analysis the concepts, policies and practices of schooling involved in building intercultural relations with the diverse contemporary manifestations of ‘Asia’. It brings into dialogue scholars who are at the forefront of current thinking, policy and practice on Asia-related schooling, and contributes to a broader, international debate about the future shape of intercultural schooling in a global world. __Asia Literate Schooling in the Asian Century__ offers chapters on: • Learning Asia: In search of a new narrative • Asia Literacy as Experiential Learning • Professional Standards and Ethics in Teaching Asia Literacy • The Feasibility of Implementing Cross-Curricular Studies of Asia • Deparochialising Education and the Asian Priority: A Curriculum (Re)Imagination This book will appeal to scholars and practitioners in Education, and is suitable as a reference for teacher education courses. It will also interest scholars specialising in Asian Studies. Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of tables 8 Series editor’s note 9 Acknowledgements 10 Contributors 11 Foreword 15 Introduction: (re)thinking Asia literacy 20 PART 1 Positioning Asia literacy and schooling 30 1 What makes Asia literacy a ‘wicked policy problem’? 32 2 The time has come: histories of Asia literacy 48 3 The concept of Tianxia and its impact on Chinese discourses on the West 63 4 Learning Asia: in search of a new narrative 75 PART 2 Asia literacy and the teaching profession 90 5 Assessing Asia literacy in Australian teachers 92 6 Asia literacy as experiential learning 108 7 Professional standards and ethics in teaching Asia literacy 122 PART 3 Asia in/through the school curriculum 136 8 China’s English: lessons for Asia literacy 138 9 The feasibility of implementing cross-curricular studies of Asia 152 10 Asia and the autobiographical picture book 170 PART 4 Reimagining Asia literacy and schooling 186 11 Deparochialising education and the Asian priority: a curriculum (re)imagination 188 12 Asia engagement beyond binaries and boundaries: towards a re-theorisation of Asia, community and curriculum 201 13 Australia’s self-identity and three modes of imagining Asia: a critical perspective on ‘Asia literacy’ 216 Index 230 This is the first book to critically scrutinize the concept, policy and practice of teaching and learning involved in building intercultural relations with Asian societies, bringing into dialogue scholars who are at the forefront of current thinking on Asia-related schooling.