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Area/Catalogue
EDUC 5140

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Course Level
Postgraduate

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Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Course ID
150520

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
School of Education

Course aim

To enable students to critically reflect on issues concerning Aboriginal education and teaching Aboriginal studies, and to analyse key critical theories of socially just and transformative curricula.

Course content

Students will reflect critically on Aboriginal languages, histories, social systems and cultures by reviewing the history of Aboriginal education, Aboriginal knowledges and communication, critical theories of education and pedagogy. The students will also review culturally responsive teaching and learning in rural and remote education, classroom management, policy and the politics of Aboriginal education, racism and anti-racist education, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural studies curriculum, and International perspectives on Indigenous education.

Textbook(s)

Oliver R & Shay M 2021, Indigenous Education in Australia: Learning and Teaching for Deadly Futures, 1st ed, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon UK

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Learnonline course activities) 3 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Critical review, Research essay

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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Course Coordinators

Ms Michelle Simmons
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Mr Bruce Underwood
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