Asia
and Australia’s engagement with Asia
“In the Australian Curriculum: Science, the priority of Asia
and Australia’s engagement with Asia provides rich and engaging contexts for
developing students’ science knowledge, understanding and skills. The
Australian Curriculum: Science provides opportunities for students to recognise
that people from the Asia region have made and continue to make significant
contributions to the development of science understandings and their
applications. It enables students to recognise that the Asia region includes
diverse environments and to appreciate that interaction between human activity
and these environments continues to influence the region, including Australia,
and has significance for the rest of the world” (Acara, n.d).
“In this learning area, students appreciate that the Asia
region plays an important role in scientific research and development. These
can include research and development in areas such as medicine, natural resource
management, nanotechnologies, communication technologies and natural disaster
prediction and management” (Acara, n.d)
Interesting
Facts
·
“The Australia in the Asian Century White Paper sets out
a comprehensive agenda for making the most of the opportunities ahead. It
considers how Australia will successfully navigate the years ahead across five
areas: strengthening our economy; building our capabilities; connecting to
growing markets; ensuring sustainable security; and nurturing deeper and
broader relationships
·
Within only a few years, the Asian region will not only
be the world’s largest production zone, it will be the world’s largest
consumption zone. Asia will not only remain home to the majority of the world’s
population, but will be home to the majority of the world’s middle class.
·
By the end of
this decade, Asia is set to overtake the economic output of Europe and North
America combined to become the world’s largest economic power.
·
By 2025, four
of the ten largest economies in the world are expected to be in the Asian
region, and Asia is likely to account for almost half of the world’s economic
output” (The spinny press, 2013).
Reference
Australian curriculum. (n.d.). Aboriginal and torres strait islanders histories and cultures. Retrieved
10 April 2013 from
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/CrossCurriculumPriorities/Aboriginal-and-Torres- Strait-Islander-histories-and-cultures
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/CrossCurriculumPriorities/Aboriginal-and-Torres- Strait-Islander-histories-and-cultures
The spinney press. (2013). Australia’s engagement with asia. Retrieved 11 April 2013 from
http://spinneypress.com.au/books/australias-engagement-with-asia/
http://spinneypress.com.au/books/australias-engagement-with-asia/
