Introduction

The AEF works with the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) to develop the Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia cross-curriculum priority in the Australian Curriculum and the general capability of Intercultural understanding.

Features

	Geography consultation now open Does the draft geography curriculum provide appropriate learning opportunities about Asia for all Australian students? You are invited to provide feedback to ACARA through the consultation survey, available until 29 February 2012. In addition, version 2.0 of the Australian Curriculum for English, history, mathematics and science and achievement standards have now been released and are available on the ACARA website.
	Resources to support the Australian Curriculum Seventy-five AEF resources have been supplemented with user-friendly guides, indicating where each individual resource aligns with the Australian Curriculum. View lists of primary and secondary English resources,  primary and secondary history resources and mathematics resources. Maths activities to support the Australian Curriculum have just been added. Also look at the 130 Asia-related literary texts from or about Asia to support the implementation of the Australian Curriculum for English.
	Asia in the Australian Curriculum The AEF's resource Asia content in the Australian Curriculum helps teachers identify Asia-related content and further opportunities for inclusion of Asia content in the Australian Curriculum for English, history, mathematics and science from Foundation to Year 10. This resource has been updated to align with the Australian Curriculum Version 2.0 released in October 2011. The AEF has compiled a guide to understanding the difference between the Asia priority and Intercultural understanding in the Australian Curriculum.
AEF responses to ACARA consultations
	The Asia priority and Intercultural understanding Asia Priority: Read the AEF response (and annotated text) to the ACARA consultation on the Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia cross-curriculum priority (September 2011). General capability: Intercultural understanding - AEF response accompanied by annotated text and a concept diagram. (August 2011).
	Learning areas (all 2010 responses) English and History Maths and Science Geography, The Arts and Languages

Browse curriculum resources by learning area

English	History	Maths	Science	Geography	The Arts	Languages

Australian Curriculum video

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  Towards an Asia literate teaching workforce

  'How do we make a relatively static set of standards relevant to the 21st century?' - Margery Evans, AITSL

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  Prof Tony Milner on the Australian Curriculum

  ‘With a history curriculum we’re creating an Australian attitude, an Australian frame of mind for the next generation – so we’ve got to get this right.'

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  Web forum: Share your stories

  Dr Julie Hamston of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education invites English teachers to comment on the Asia priority in the Australian Curriculum.

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  Web forum: Teaching contested history

  Dr Deborah Henderson, Associate Professor, Cultural and Language Studies in Education at Queensland University of Technology

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  Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia

  'We want to ensure that we have successful learners, confident and creative individuals.' - Rosemary Davis, ACARA.

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  Teaching History: The Australian Story within the Asian context

  Leading voices discuss how to incorporate an Asian dimension to the teaching of history.

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  English, Asia Literacy and the Australian Curriculum

  Leading voices explain that Asia-related texts provide a goldmine of reading material for English students.

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Links

• History lessons 'lack Asia focus', Rowan Callick, The Australian, 25 July 2011
  

• December 2010: State and territory education ministers approved and published the first four learning areas of the Australian Curriculum up to year 10. Read the communique from the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) on the major decisions announced. Australian Government Minister Peter Garrett MP commended the landmark decision.

• February 2011: The Catholic Education Commission of Victoria recently held a Contemporary Asian Literature Day which was attended by over 50 English teachers. Anne Fisher, Manager of Australian Curriculum Strategy at the AEF, delivered a keynote presentation to start the professional development day.

• Overhaul for national curriculum after criticism, The Age, 15 October 2010

Feedback

We would like your feedback on the Australian Curriculum pages on the AEF web portal. Send us your comments.