Chinese Language and Culture Education

Against the background of the Australian government's strategic plan to promote Asian languages in schools, this book is an innovative autoethnographic inquiry into what occurs in the implementation of a Chinese language and culture program in an Australian context.

Chunyan Zhang is an educator with many years of frontline teaching experience in the field of China study, second language teaching, early childhood and primary education. Her research interests include global knowledge flow, China as method, identity, self-care, curriculum design, global citizenship education, critical pedagogy for Chinese language education, and employing STS theories in educational research.

1. Introduction: Teaching Chinese language and culture in the age of globalisation 2. Approaching complexity and multiplicity in Chinese language education 3. Tian (-, heaven): China becomes a hybrid assemblage 4. Di (-, earth): Making China real at the school 5. Ren (-, human): The emotional costs of performing China 6. Conclusion: from "What is China?" to "China as a Method"