IND302 - Working Alongside Aboriginal Communities
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Kim Browne |
| Prerequisite: | E359 cohorts must have completed IND202 Otherwise 1 unit from IND202, IND203, IND204, IND205 or IND206 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided) 1 x 1-hour online seminar (interactive) 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
This unit examines ways to work alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, including families, organisations and communities within a contemporary context. It will provide insight, protocols, and practices and how culturally responsive engagement can be achieved. A holistic approach identifies how social, political, and economic dynamics, as well as historic and cultural differences brought about by colonisation, have influenced contemporary communities. Students will explore the structures and interactions within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, the diverse roles and responsibilities of community members and their responsibilities to Country.
This unit will demonstrate culturally informed principles for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and provide opportunities for students to experience and engage with knowledge systems and boundaries. Respectful and responsive methods of engaging on-Country with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and their values and knowledge are of central importance to Indigenous studies. Students will gain insight into the values, knowledges and practices that are inherent in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and how these offer a culturally cohesive approach to engaging with the world.
Students will be asked to reflexively consider their cultural positioning and perspectives, and to evaluate how these have expanded and deepened whilst engaged with Indigenous Studies units, and how they can co-contribute to positive reconciliation aligned to self-determination processes with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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 | Respectfully communicate and negotiate culturally safe and responsive ways of engaging on-Country with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' knowledges, values and practices. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO2 | Demonstrate proficiency in applying culturally responsive methods of connecting and collaborating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, communities or organisations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO3 | Centring Indigenous standpoints, analyse and articulate the multiple historic and cultural differences brought about by colonisation and contemporary reconciliation approaches. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Undertake ongoing and consistent self-evaluation and reflexivity through the application and demonstration of cultural responsiveness when engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO6: Self-management GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO5 | Articulate how their actions could further progress positive reconciliation aligned to self-determination processes with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO6 | Use digital technology to research, locate and analyse documented partnerships and engagement approaches utilised by a range of organisations working alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. | GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO7: Teamwork |
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 (Group)- Engagement report | 1000 words | 20% | Week 5 |
| Assessment 2 - Engagement proposal | 1600 words | 40% | Week 9 |
| Assessment 3 - Critical reflection | 1600 words | 40% | Information not yet available |
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
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
Unit Fee Information
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