IND204 - Australian Aboriginal Holistic Health and Healing
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Kim Kinnear |
| Prerequisite: | IND101 OR IND102 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week 1 x 1-hour online seminar (interactive) per week Approximately 1-hour of online learning tasks and discussions per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
The unit examines Australian Aboriginal holistic approaches to Social and Emotional Health, Healing and Wellbeing. Theoretical frameworks for health and healing will contextualise the initial and ongoing impact of colonisation on Aboriginal peoples' social and emotional health. Exploring the broadest determinants of health, this unit emphasises the need for community and individual health to be understood as interdependent and holistic, connected to the land and incorporating the past and the future.
The critical role of Australian Aboriginal healing programs and 'place-based' decolonising strategies will be analysed with examples of effective trauma, substance abuse, mental health programs and other current initiatives. Current approaches to health and healing will be examined through the lens of Community, Women's and Men's health and healing, including alternative medicines, plants and healing practices.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Critically reflect on the complex structural and interdependent relationships within Australian Aboriginal holistic health, and examine the consequences of colonisation to develop a health campaign that improves health, and social and emotional wellbeing outcomes. | GLO1: Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO2 | Critically analyse and apply modes of universal wellbeing within an Australian Aboriginal context, and critically analyse and apply models of universal wellbeing within an Australian Aboriginal model. | GLO1: Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO3 | Draw on digital resources to research integrate, and discuss the range of Australian Aboriginal Community led programs and identify the key components of these successful initiatives. | GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Work independently to reflect upon and discuss the significance and importance of cultural approaches to health and wellbeing and the knowledge's and practices located within Women's, Men's and Community health domains. | GLO2: Communication GLO5: Problem solving GLO6: Self-management GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO5 | Evaluate and apply alternative health approaches and their ongoing contributions to health and healing, and reflect on the role of Country and spirituality in health and wellbeing initiatives. | GLO1: Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year.
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Critical self reflection | 1200 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 5 |
| Assessment 2 - Essay | 1500 words or equivalent | 40% | Week 8 |
| Assessment 3 - Health Campaign | 1300 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for IND204 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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