A group of WA schoolteachers travelled to China to establish sister school relationships and collaborative projects, funded by Zhejiang Education Department and NALSAS.

AnsweredQoN 780Legislative Assembly
Asked
10 October 2000
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Education

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780. Mr CARPENTER to the Minister for Education:
(1) Is it true that a group of Western Australian schoolteachers, under the auspices of the Education Department of Western Australia, are travelling to China during the September school holidays?
(2) If so, will the Minister provide information on -
(a) what is the purpose of the trip;
(b) what is the cost of the trip and how it is being met;
(c) what is the proposed benefit of the trip;
(d) what is the duration of the trip; and
(e) how many people are making the trip?

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Answered
23 November 2000
Response time
44 days
The Minister Replied:
(1) Yes.
(2) (a) The purpose of the trip is to build on the Zhejiang/Western Australia Sister State Program by establishing three sister school Memorandums of Understanding. These Memorandums will provide structures for future teacher and student exchanges, and for an expanded sister school program that will be self funding.
After meeting with Chinese Administrators, the trip's procedures and curriculum outcomes were identified for three collaborative e-mail projects. These will be showcased in Shanghai next April at the International Asia Education Foundation Linking Latitudes Symposium.
(b) $15,430.50. Land component met by Zhejiang Education Department and air component met by National Asian Languages and Studies in Australian Schools Strategy (NALSAS).
(c) Among the expected outcomes of the trip are: network of Western Australian and Zhejiang schools teaching Chinese Studies at middle school level; collaborative teacher projects via e-mail; ongoing teacher exchanges; and a Web Page linked to the Access Asia site that will provide teachers with strategies to infuse Chinese Studies at middle schooling level.
(d) 10 days - 23 September - 2 October 2000.
(e) Nine.

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