Chinese Language and Culture in Australian Schools: Representations, Imaginations and Ideologies of China

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 frontline teaching experience in the field of China study, second language teaching, early childhood and primary education. As an early career researcher, she is interested in employing autoethnography, STS material semiotics and Daoism in educational research. Currently, she is working on an Australian based Chinese language curriculum which is based on her research findings.