SLE218 - Indigenous Engagement: Natural Resource Management
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 2: Warrnambool |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Roan Plotz Trimester 2: Patricia Corbett |
| Prerequisite: | SLE121 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1 hour online lecture per week, 1 x 2 hour seminar per week (10 weeks), 1 x 3 hour practical experience (field trip) per trimester. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 1 hour online lecture per week and 1 x 2 hour online seminar per week. |
| Typical 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. |
Content
This unit will examine the historical and contemporary context of Indigenous people’s engagement in natural resources management. By exploring different understandings of the relationships to the natural environment, students will be required to critically reflect on how different ways on knowing have influenced natural resource management in Australia, and on a global scale.
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 | Evaluate and define origins of knowledge to reflect critically on and discuss difference between Modern and Traditional Indigenous Knowledge. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Develop an appreciation of how Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge can be useful in planning management strategies for natural and cultural resource management. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO3 | Recognise biases and provide honest and critical evaluations of contemporary natural resources management practices and strategies. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Investigate the application of Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge in a contemporary natural resources management setting in order to provide solutions and recommendations to Government agencies for improvement. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 Comparing knowledge systems essay | 1,000 word written essay and diagram | 25% | Week 4 |
| Assessment 2 Indigenous resource management report | 3,000 word written report | 40% | Week 9 |
| Assessment 3 Take home timed assessment | Long answer form responses approximately 1,000 words | 35% | 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 SLE218 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.
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