2016 Professional Development Opportunities

Term 1 2016

Anne De Kretser (MCJLE) - Implementing the Australian Curriculum

Two full day sessions were offered in Hobart, catering for primary and secondary teachers.

Thursday March 17 - Primary focus

Friday March 18 - Secondary focus

• This seminar gave teachers the opportunity to explore the Australian Curriculum Languages - Japanese.

• Teachers had the opportunity to collaborate to develop units of work in accordance with the new curriculum.

Please find at the bottom of the page the files containing the Curriculum Planning Templates with examples of entry for different year groups.

Term 2 2016

Japan Foundation Sydney (Cathy Jonak and Mayumi Mitsuya) - Exploring the Australian Curriculum Part 2

Saturday May 28 - 1 day session

• Participants had the opportunity to continue to develop their understanding of the Australian Curriculum (Japanese).

• Teachers looked at a pre-existing unit of work on the topic 'Robots' and worked with presenters to explore how these tasks can be organised to create an Australian Curriculum unit using the AFMLTA Unit Planner Template.

• Then collaboratively constructed a new unit of work based on the topic of Kyuushoku. Using the stimulus material provided by The Japan Foundation Sydney, a copy of the AFMLTA Unit Planner Template and our own experience and expertise we worked collaboratively to create our own Australian Curriculum unit.

National Symposium on Japanese Language Education

The Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education together with The Japan Foundation, Sydney is pleased to announce the third National Symposium on Japanese Language Education:

2016 – VISIBLE and VALUABLE [NSJLE: 2016] which will be held in Melbourne on November 4 and 5. This symposium is the only national forum for Japanese language educators, it brings together JL educators and presenters from every sector, every level and every state and territory.

The National Symposium on Japanese Language Education: 2016 will be held at the University of Melbourne Law Building, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton.

The theme of the NSJLE 2016 is ‘Visible and Valuable’ with a focus on best practice and advocacy. To maintain the current strong position and build the strength of Japanese language education in Australia, educators must advocate the benefits of learning Japanese and improve Japanese language learning experiences through best practice and innovative programs.

Companies or organisations wishing to have a display or stall at the NSJLE 2016 please send an enquiry to arts-mcjle@monash.edu

Presentations topics at this year’s symposium will include

• Advocacy

• Innovative programs – models for success

• Australian Curriculum: Languages – Japanese

• Today’s Japan

• The Current State of Japanese Language Education

Some presentations will be made in Japanese.

All educators and stakeholders involved or interested in Japanese Language Education are welcome.

PLEASE visit the NSJLE: 2016 website for more details.

All Welcome

Term 4 2015 - JATNET Professional Sharing

Alison Lowe kindly shared resources, teaching ideas and professional learning from the Japan Foundation's Intensive Seminar (October). The session had a primary focus but many ideas could be used in the high school. Alison then demonstrated some innovative ways to fold Furoshiki . Very practical and great for presents.

Please note Alison is happy to share her materials with JATNET members. Just send Melissa a USB stick for a copy.

Further notes are attached below.

Past Professional Learning Opportunities

Demonstration of Japanese Weaponry by Les Elliott

A group of interested Japanese teachers were treated to a fabulous demonstration session with Les Elliott.

Les shared his collection of Japanese weapons and talked about their history and development.

Les Elliott is able to hold similar sessions with students (please check the notes below for contact details and further information).

Thanks to Debbie Cameron for sharing her photos with us.

Samurai Sharing - Facilitated by Biz Clemes

Many thanks to Biz Clemes who facilitated this session on Samurai. Biz provided us with many ideas collected from a range of sources. Biz was able to incorporate this work into her Year 9 unit on housing and her students were obviously inspired by the program (as were we). Other possible links were discussed - Year 8 and Year 6.

Please find attached Biz's notes and a sample of work from Helen Mueller on the Last Samurai.