ECN729 - Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in E730, E737 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 2 x 2-hour online seminars per trimester in approx. 2 weeks Approximately 6-hours of online learning tasks per week |
Content
This unit equips students to think reflexively about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures, communities and human rights in a contemporary Indigenous landscape, and develops an understanding of and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems as a starting point for teaching and learning. Opportunity is provided to explore and understand the theoretical concepts of race and racism and its impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The unit not only involves a focus on histories, cultures and political contexts facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but also an understanding and sensitivity to what is essentially required to engage and work with young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners and communities in ways that are culturally responsive and respectful. This unit is developed in close collaboration with local Aboriginal Community, Elders and colleagues (particularly from Deakin’s National Indigenous Knowledges Education Research Innovation (NIKERI) Institute). Consultation is a continual process that aligns with unit planning, teaching, assessing and reflecting.
Unit Fee Information
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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