The Current State of Indonesian Language Education in Australian Schools

Number of Teachers

Table 8: Numbers of Teachers of Indonesian (2001–2009)

Based on data received from 11 jurisdictions only (P) = primary, (S) = secondary. Figures in brackets indicate full-time equivalent

Jurisdiction	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
ACT Government							16	15	16
ACT Catholic									14 (P) (2.8)
ACT Independent								3
NSW Catholic									30
NT Government									16
Qld Government	100								50
Qld Independent			19		15	6	12	7
SA Government				(64.7)	(59.1)	(54.1)	148 (51.4)	120 (45.6)
SA Catholic					23	28
SA Independent								15
Vic Government					263 (P) 253 (S)		199 (P) 226 (S)	372 (P+S)

Appendix 3: Correspondence to Stakeholders (A) Quantitative Data

Tuesday 21 April 2009

Contact details

Dear

We are writing to you in relation to a project for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations which is being managed by the Asia Education Foundation and carried out by Phillip Mahnken, University of Sunshine Coast and Michelle Kohler, Research Centre for Languages and Cultures at the University of South Australia.

The project titled, ‘An Investigation into the State and Nature of Indonesian in Australian Schools’ involves the collection of data about Indonesian language programs from across the schooling sectors in all states and territories. We are contacting you as the person identified by your system able to provide the relevant quantitative data.

One of the areas for investigation in relation to Indonesian is the trend of student participation and retention over time. Thus, we are seeking data over a ten year period (or as close as possible) in relation to the following:

• 
  Number of schools offering programs in Indonesian
  
• 
  Number of students studying Indonesian at Years 7/8 (exit year from primary school), Year 10, Year 12
  
• 
  Total number of students at the same years in the schooling system (i.e. so that the number of students studying Indonesian can be viewed as a percentage of the total number of students)
  
• 
  Nature of programs (for example, number of contact minutes per week)
  
• 
  Number of teachers (individuals and full-time-equivalent) teaching Indonesian
  

In addition to the quantitative data, we will be contacting either yourself or a nominated person within your system, to participate in an interview as part of the qualitative data collection. These interviews will be conducted during April-May 2009. It would be beneficial, if possible, that the person participating in the interview has prior access to the quantitative data in order to assist the discussion. Hence, we ask that the quantitative data be provided to us as soon as possible at the email address below (if in electronic format) or alternatively to the address below (hard copy).

Should you have any questions in relation to this project, please do not hesitate to contact either of us at the addresses below.

Yours sincerely,

Michelle Kohler

per:

Michelle Kohler

University of South Australia

[e-mail]

Ph: 08 8302 4532

Dr. Phillip Mahnken

University of the Sunshine Coast

[e-mail]

Ph: 07 5430 1254

Research Centre for Languages and Cultures

School of Communication, International Studies and Languages

University of South Australia

GPO Box 2471

Adelaide SA 5001