09 July 2012

How can Australian Education compete with top performing Asian Education systems?

Is Australian education catering to the needs of what will be an Asian led century? 

The link to the report below, from the Grattan Institute, states some facts about Asian education and Australian education.


Four of the top five educations systems are Hong Kong, Shanghai, South Korea and Singapore.  Learning from these successful systems of our near neighbours and using them in Australian classrooms may improve our students lives. 


Catching up: learning from the best school systems in East Asia


The above report was received well when it was released in February this year. 

However, Nicola Yelland  Professor of Education at Victoria University has a counter argument for the above proposal.  The focus of learning in the East Asian education system is all about performing well in tests. Assumptions have been made that being the "best at testing" is something Australian education should not embrace. This states what we should not do. Yet there is nothing here about what we should do. 



Learning by rote: why Australia should not follow the Asian model of education


So do Australian children need to be able to compete with their Asian peers?  


Is Australian education catering to the needs of what will be an Asian led century?  


Are current Australian education systems encouraging students to connect, learn about and engage with Asia?


How can Australian Education compete with top performing Asian Education systems?



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