Reflecting on 60 years of Academic Korea Expertise in Australia: (Missed) Opportunities and Challenges Ahead

Korean Studies in Australia is typically seen as pure language and cultural training rather than a critical area of research and academic discipline. Key barriers for utilising the growing expertise in Korean Studies in Australia are lack of coordinated policy planning and targeted funding to s...

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Main Author: Elfving-Hwang, Joanna
Format: Journal Article
Published: Korea Research Centre of WA 2022
Online Access:https://drive.google.com/file/d/13qKpIqNg3zYd70oxlDG6a7CJeS9l42mF/view
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description Korean Studies in Australia is typically seen as pure language and cultural training rather than a critical area of research and academic discipline. Key barriers for utilising the growing expertise in Korean Studies in Australia are lack of coordinated policy planning and targeted funding to support Korea-focused or Korea-Australia comparative research at tertiary level. Korean Studies and Korean language education in Australia are still insufficiently supported and resourced by State and Federal governments from primary to tertiary sectors. Moreover, the recent Jobs Ready Graduates Package has inadvertently undermined Korean language provision in Australian universities.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-888842022-07-27T04:27:07Z Reflecting on 60 years of Academic Korea Expertise in Australia: (Missed) Opportunities and Challenges Ahead Elfving-Hwang, Joanna Elfving-Hwang, Joanna Dean, Peter Korean Studies in Australia is typically seen as pure language and cultural training rather than a critical area of research and academic discipline. Key barriers for utilising the growing expertise in Korean Studies in Australia are lack of coordinated policy planning and targeted funding to support Korea-focused or Korea-Australia comparative research at tertiary level. Korean Studies and Korean language education in Australia are still insufficiently supported and resourced by State and Federal governments from primary to tertiary sectors. Moreover, the recent Jobs Ready Graduates Package has inadvertently undermined Korean language provision in Australian universities. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88884 https://drive.google.com/file/d/13qKpIqNg3zYd70oxlDG6a7CJeS9l42mF/view Korea Research Centre of WA unknown
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Reflecting on 60 years of Academic Korea Expertise in Australia: (Missed) Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
title Reflecting on 60 years of Academic Korea Expertise in Australia: (Missed) Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
title_full Reflecting on 60 years of Academic Korea Expertise in Australia: (Missed) Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
title_fullStr Reflecting on 60 years of Academic Korea Expertise in Australia: (Missed) Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
title_full_unstemmed Reflecting on 60 years of Academic Korea Expertise in Australia: (Missed) Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
title_short Reflecting on 60 years of Academic Korea Expertise in Australia: (Missed) Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
title_sort reflecting on 60 years of academic korea expertise in australia: (missed) opportunities and challenges ahead
url https://drive.google.com/file/d/13qKpIqNg3zYd70oxlDG6a7CJeS9l42mF/view
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88884