Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culturally Inclusive Curriculum and Pedagogy unit (EDU190)

Introduction

This unit explores the relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous, histories perspectives and cultures. It encourages you to develop an ethical position grounded in critical reflection which will enable you to identify and challenge racial and social injustices in education and more broadly through practice and pedagogy. The unit has four foci which are integrated: history, culture, curriculum, and pedagogy. It considers these foci as they relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, non-Indigenous peoples, educators, administrators, and policy makers. In doing so, it provides you with both a theoretical and practical grounding from which to develop your skills as a transformative educator capable of fostering restorative justice and reconciliation both within and through education.

Summary

Unit name	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culturally Inclusive Curriculum and Pedagogy
Unit code	EDU190
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Arts and Society Faculty of Education
Discipline	Education
Coordinator	Doctor David Hicks
Available as an elective?	Yes
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Introductory

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

• Identify and discuss the cultural and institutional issues that impact on the capacity and willingness of non-Indigenous people to extend educational justice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and peoples.
• Identify, critically analyse and select local and national teaching and learning resources, and pedagogies, to foster and develop all students’ knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, history and engagement in education.
• Demonstrate evidence of an ethical teaching practice that is effective in realising the goals of restorative justice, in order to achieve educational justice and Reconciliation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous students.

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

ESH102 OR EAL102 OR EDU102

Teaching

Assessment	Content Quiz (25%)|Presentation (35%)|Lesson Sequence and Rationale (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required

Required readings for EDU190 consist of selected journal articles and book chapters, they are accessible from within MyLO.

Recommended

Price, K. (Ed.) (2015). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education: An introduction to the teaching profession. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press. Beresford, Q., Partington, G. & Gower, G. (2012). Reform and resistance in Aboriginal education: Fully revised edition. Crawley, WA: UWA Press. Craven, R. (Ed.) (2011). Teaching Aboriginal studies (2nd Ed.). Crow’s Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin. Harrison, N. (2011). Teaching and learning in Aboriginal education (2nd Ed.). South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press. Phillips, J. & Lampert, J. (2012) Introductory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies in education: Reflections on the importance of knowing, Frenchs Forest.

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