Indigenous Education and Perspectives
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- Hawthorn 12 hours face to face + blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2023 teaching periods
| Swinburne Online Teaching Period 2 |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 | |
|---|---|---|
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Corequisites
NilAims and objectives
1. Discuss and critique Australian Indigenous education and perspectives.
2. Assess the impact of historical and contemporary events and issues on current educational contexts for Indigenous people.
3. Identify how Indigenous education and perspectives align with teachers’ professional role as advocates for children and their families.
4. Reflect on their own attitudes and values in relation to Indigenous people and how these may affect their teaching and professional relationships.
5. Recognise the continuous contributions of Indigenous people in Australian society.
6. Plan authentic learning experiences that enable all children to learn about Indigenous people and perspectives.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| On-Campus Class
| 2 | 12 | 24 |
| Live Online Lecture | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Specified Activities Reflections on practice | 4 | 12 | 48 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent study, readings, Folio preparation | 5.5 | 12 | 66 |
| TOTAL |
|
| 150 hours |
Swinburne Online
| Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.5 | 12 | 150 |
| TOTAL |
|
| 150 hours |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Research Assignment | Individual | 20% | 2, 4, 5 |
| Essay | Individual | 40% | 1, 2 |
| Portfolio | Individual | 40% | 3, 4, 6 |
Content
• The positioning of Indigenous and traditional education systems within the nation state
• The impact of colonization and issues related to the retaining and maintaining of Indigenous and traditional knowledge through education
• The role of international organisations in protecting, preserving and maintaining Indigenous and traditional education systems
• Current and past contributions of Indigenous people
• Contemporary contexts for Indigenous people
• Reconciliation and its implications for teachers
• Anti-Bias Curriculum
• Integrating authentic Indigenous studies in the curriculum
• Indigenous perspectives and pedagogy in and implications for teaching not only Indigenous children but all children
• Roles of teachers in supporting reconciliation in a post-apology Australia.
Study resources
- Reading materials.