Asian Cup inspires learning in Primary Schools

Australia’s 2015 Asian Cup is already helping to drive learning in Australia’s primary schools.

The Football-inspired education program is currently being piloted at 22 schools in Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland, and will be accessible online at no cost to every primary school in Australia from April 2014.

Teachers can find out more about the specific units of work and register their interest in the program by emailing: education@asiancup2015.com.au.

The Asian Cup 2015 educational resource uses Asian Cup football themes as a teaching aid in English, Mathematics, Art and Health and Physical Education.

It gives primary school children the opportunity to learn more about Australia’s relationship with Asia and football.

The resource has been developed by the AFC Asian Cup 2015 Australia Local Organising Committee, with input from leading educators around the country.

“This project is an important legacy that the Asian Cup can leave for football and for Australian school children,” said LOC CEO Michael Brown.

”It will form the cornerstone of Football Federation Australia’s curriculum activity to ensure there is a good education tool with a focus on football beyond the Asian Cup.”

Resource highlights

The Asian Cup 2015 educational resource:

•           Has an Asian – Australian cultural component integrated into its teaching and learning

•           Will be mapped appropriately to the Australian National Curriculum

•           Teaches character building and community values in a sports context

•           Is accessible to students across multiple intelligences

•           Gives students an opportunity to model their learning to an audience

•           Uses video and images of participating players and teams

•           Has a football themed component integrated into each unit of work

•           Is underpinned by the use of media technology

•           Provides teachers with advice on how to use social media to showcase student work

•           Provide teachers and schools with a media pack to promote to their community their involvement in the Asian Cup 2015 nationwide schools program

•           Will be accessible online at no cost to every primary school in Australia from April 2014.

The LOC’s Education Resource Advisory Committee’s members include :

Dr. Jim Watterston – Director General Department of Education, Training and Employment Queensland

Chris Wardlaw – Deputy Secretary, Strategy and Review Group, Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

Wayne Craig – Schools Adviser, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria

Norm Hart – President of the Australian Primary School Principal’s Association

Kurt Mullane – Director, Asia Education Foundation

Diane Joseph – Director General, ACT Education and Training Directorate

Dr. David Cullen – Director, Early Learning and Primary Education; NSW Department of Education and Communities

Alex Gordon – Group Manager, Curriculum, Assessment and Teaching Group, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations