Asia and Australia's Engagement with Asia

(Australia's import regions, 2012) 

             Asia is about to become the world’s largest economic region before the end of this decade. Asia is presenting Australia with a range of opportunities and helps Australia successfully across five areas. These five areas consist of strengthening the economy, building capabilities, connecting to growing markets, ensuring sustainability and nurturing deeper and broader relationships (Healey, 2013). Therefore, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) have introduced Australia and Asia’s engagement with Asia as apart of Australia’s curriculum. For students to understand, they are taught to be active and inform citizens who are working together to build harmonious local, regional and global communities (ACARA, 2012).  Australia has extensive involvement with Asia in areas such as trade, investment, immigration, tourism, education and humanitarian assistance. As a result of this, geography will allow students to investigate Asian places and learn about the ways in which Australia and Asia are connected. Because of student participation with Australia and Asia's involvement, a geographical perspective will allow students to study Asia as an important region in the world as well as an individual and Asia's other connections with other countries across the world (ACARA, 2012). Therefore, geography will enable students to learn about the diversity between other countries and Asia as well as within Asia, which will help to counter stereotypes and to foster any intercultural understanding (ACARA, 2012). Conclusively, for students to investigate Asia, they are able to see how other countries form and how they also live in a different culture and lifestyle. 

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ACARA. (2012). Australian curriculum, assessment and reporting authority:

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Healey, J. (2013). Australia’s engagement with Australia. Thirroul, NSW: Spinney

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