Asia Scope and Sequence for The Arts
The purpose of the Asia Scope and Sequence for The Arts is to:
- articulate key curriculum concepts and content across the compulsory years of schooling (up to Year 10)
- provide advice and support to teachers of The Arts in their efforts to engage young Australians with Asia
- point teachers to existing resources that help students to learn about Asia in The Arts classroom.
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- The national Arts curriculum
The national Arts curriculum
Learning about Asia
All learners have a culture, and intercultural learning starts with the realisation that one's own viewpoint is culturally determined. Learning about the peoples and cultures of Asia involves examining how those cultures are constructed and enacted over time, and understanding of the arts is central to this process. Learning about culture also depends on an interaction between known cultures and new cultures. Ultimately, it involves reconsidering who we are, and reflecting on the self, the other and one's reactions to both.
In Australian schools, studies of Asia are likely to cover the sub-regions of:
- North-east Asia including China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan;
- South-east Asia including Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam; and
- South Asia including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Some schools also extend the definition of Asia to the Asia-Pacific region.
The Asia Scope and Sequence for The Arts uses the term 'peoples and cultures of Asia' to encompass not only the diversity of the Asian region, but also the diversity of people of Asian backgrounds living in Australia. References to specific countries, cultures or issues are used only as examples, any of which can be adapted to reflect the needs of individual programmes.
