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Leading 21st Century Schools project: Forum - August 2009
The August 2009 Forum celebrated outcomes of the 2008/9 L21CS project. Fifty nine grant school principals showcased their progress in developing Asia-literate curriculum in their schools to an audience of 180 educational leaders. The program was complemented by outstanding speakers. This collection of videos of speakers can be used to inspire discussion and strategic activity in your school.
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Khoa Do, Film producer
"Success isn't about what we are born with, its about what we do with our lives. If the poorest boy in Sydney can become young Australian of the year, anything is possible."
Video: 30:32
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Gillian Bird, DFAT, and Ambassador to ASEAN
"It’s fast becoming a truism to talk of the 21st century as that of the Asia-Pacific."
Video: 27:00
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Former Commissioner Michael Keelty APM, Australian Federal Police
"One of the biggest lessons we've learned... is not to try and look at things through Australian eyes but to try and see things the way [others] see them."
Video: 16:53
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HE Dr Woosang Kim, Ambassador of Korea
"Korea now is Australia's third largest export market and fourth largest trading partner."
Video: 15:29
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Professor Tony Milner, ANU
"The neglect of 'Asia' - does not arise from the centrality given to Australian history ... What matters is how our national story is presented."
Video: 28:55
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Mary Pendergast, Principal, Warrnambool College
"The reason we principals come together today, is to repond to the new world order occurring in our neighbouring countries."
Video: 6:13
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John Livingston, Principal, Kirwan State High School
"The key to change is to change the mindsets of teachers: the hearts and minds of classroom teachers just have to be engaged."
Video: 5:59
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Philippa Roberts, Principal, Lindisfarne Primary School
"I plead with the writers of the National Curriculum to find some common threads so that Asia literacy is very much a part of the (curriculum)."
Video: 5:33
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Minister Counsellor Hong Liang, Embassy of the People's Republic of China
"The first thing that comes into our minds is a 5000 year-old civilisation. The key to understand China is to understand its culture."
Video: 14:44
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HE MR Primo Alui Joelianto, Ambassador of Indonesia
"I'm very glad to see the hard work from our two countries in their efforts to break the stereotypes and the old mindsets that have challenged our relationship."
Video: 13:35
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Professor Robin Jeffrey, National University of Singapore
"With the Indian student furore of the last few months, we have a window of opportunity, a chance to build back better."
Video: 16:54
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Alice Wong, Head of Asia Markets, Westpac
"Provide students with the choice and help them realise that it creates an unlimited scope of opportunities if they choose Asia literacy."
Video: 8:22
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Dr Margaret Byrne, Principal Consultant, UGM Consulting
"People are not simply a resource, or a cost, they are actually an asset. It is people in the knowledge economy that will drive the value chain."
Video: 27:09
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Nik Feith Tan, Australian Indonesian Youth Exchange Program alumnus
"People-to-people contact will ensure that misconceptions about each others' cultures don't arise."
Video: 12:59
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Rowan Callick, Journalist, The Australian
"Our regional home is a successful working platform for us: a large proportion of our trade; main source of migrants; main area for travelling; main place to find work."
Video: 13:37
