| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1 |
| Old unit code |
300.429 |
| Outcomes |
Students become aware and understand the impact of historical and cultural factors on education for Indigenous students; identify a range of culturally and educationally appropriate strategies that may be useful in teaching Indigenous students given a geographically and culturally defined situation; and in writing, suggest ways of incorporating Indigenous studies into the curriculum. |
| Content |
This unit provides an introduction to some of the issues affecting Aboriginal people within the Australian/Western Australian education system. The unit begins with an examination of the historical relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australia and the impact of governmental policies and practices on all aspects of life and in particular education. 'Aboriginal education' is considered in the context of social justice and Indigenous rights issues which continue to affect Aboriginal people and their relationships with the wider Australian community.
With the help of Indigenous and non-Indigenous guest speakers, the unit examines the dissemination of information about Aboriginal people to Australian society as a whole and students are asked to consider their own and the wider society's attitudes towards Aboriginal people, what people mean when they speak of 'Aboriginal education', and what Aboriginal people seek to gain from education. |
| Assessment |
This comprises several pieces of work or activity. Students are required to (1) attend and actively participate in three tutorial sessions and a cultural education excursion; (2) develop a lesson plan in either the students’ major or minor areas demonstrating learned knowledge from the unit; and (3) produce an individual reflective essay on the topics covered during the unit (1500 words).
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student or a student enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Education or the Master of Teaching who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Jeromy Harvey |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: enrolment in a Bachelor of Education combined course or the Graduate Diploma in Education or the Master of Teaching |
Contact hours—lectures/seminars: 2 hrs per week for 10 weeks; tutorials: 1.5 hrs per week for 3 weeks (attendance and participation contributes to final mark); cultural tour; participation in online discussions and activities
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
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- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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