Local and international students from UniSA’s School of Education will be making a day of it when the Power takes on Hawthorn at AAMI stadium tomorrow.
Almost 30 students from China, Germany, Japan, India, Canada, Pakistan, Norway and Iran will join more than 40 local students for the 'Great Winter Day Out' - a lunch of fish and chips by the seaside at Glenelg and then on to AAMI Stadium for game day.
Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning in the School of Education at UniSA, Dr Faye McCallum says the event is designed to give students an informal opportunity to meet and enjoy the world beyond university.
“The whole experience of studying in another country is a challenge so we want to create opportunities for our international students to engage in the life of the place they are in, beyond the classroom,” Dr McCallum says.
“We have had enormous support from local students to play a part in this event and to act as kind of grass roots 'cultural attaches' for their international classmates.
“We think it is vital that the educational experience for our teaching students is broader than just the theory of teaching in the confines of the University environment.
“It is important that they understand more about the cultural context of the lives of the students they will teach at local schools in their practical teaching placements and it helps them just to navigate the culture of Australia as their new home while they study.”
The student group will attend the game appropriately clad in teal t-shirts in support of Port Adelaide and will be located in the northern stand.
They include students from several education programs in the School including the Master of Teaching (Middle and Secondary), and from degree programs in primary, middle and early childhood education.
“Sport has an iconic place in Australian culture and I think the students will really enjoy the whole experience of a Power game on Saturday - it will be something they can talk about back home and something that will help them forge new friendships with local students.”
