Internationalism
Nanjing Campus
Internationalism ProgramNanjing, People's Republic of China
The school's Internationalism Program, based at its Nanjing Campus in China, provides around 300 Year 9 students each year with the unique experience of living and learning in another country for five weeks.
The Nanjing Campus, which opened in 1998, was the first international campus for an Australian school.
The Internationalism Program recognises that your child will not only be a citizen of Australia but a citizen of the world, enjoying many opportunities to live and work in countries other than their own.
Our belief is that the most effective means for preparing students to meet that challenge is through the intensive study of another language and culture, including a period of immersion in that culture.
In establishing the campus in China, Caulfield Grammar School has chosen a partner country which will have a profound influence on the evolution of the global community in the coming century - politically, culturally and, particularly, economically. Caulfield Grammar School is proud to be part of the conceptual re-positioning and engagement of Australia within the Asian region.
In Nanjing, from our own purpose-built facility and our link with Nanjing Normal University (one of the key schools in China), students undertake a structured program of five interrelated themes: heritage, work, family, education and challenges. Students are provided with opportunities to come to know Chinese students and their families, and to learn about the patterns of their daily lives. They are able to experience the city of Nanjing and its culture first-hand, and also undertake excursions to Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou.
The program promotes personal independence through active learning in a difference setting. Students acquire many practical skills associated with living, learning and operating in an unfamiliar cultural environment. The Internationalism Program also allows participants to learn a great deal about themselves and when necessary, modify their existing culture paradigm, through their close encounter with another culture and language.
Networked computers allow students to undertake research tasks and stay in touch with family and friends.
For those who elect not to spend time in Nanjing, a unit of study based in Melbourne is designed to provide opportunities to understand Australia's global connections and patterns of cultural, economic, social and environmental activity.
You can read some of the Year 9 students' reflections on Internationalism Program in China., simply select one of the relection links below for more detail.
Student Reflection 1
Student Reflection 2
Student Reflection 3
Student Reflection 4
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