Hobart
Introduction
Students are enabled to constructively consider Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues, histories, cultures and perspectives in the curriculum. The unit has four foci which are integrated: identity/ nationalism, history, ethics, and pedagogy. It considers these foci as they relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, cultural inclusion and racism in educational context of Australian society. The unit enables students to develop their ethical position to recognise that cultural engagement in any classroom is contingent on the teacher's awareness of his/her own cultural positioning and to recognise the institutional political, racial and social power in society. Students are encouraged to critically reflect on the curriculum and the 'hidden curriculum' in school and their impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and cultures engagement in school. The content and reflection enable students to own a position from which to be confident and capable to teach across the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous interface since colonisation and to teach in this area with cultural insight and respect. The unit fosters deep thinking and engagement with ethical issues as well as subject knowledge that are vital to being an effective and transformative teacher capable of fostering restorative justice and reconciliation
Summary 2021
| Unit name | Cultural Awareness: The Non-indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander interface |
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| Unit code | EMT691 |
| Credit points | 6.25 |
| Faculty/School | College of Arts, Law and Education Faculty of Education |
| Discipline | Education |
| Coordinator | David Hicks |
| Teaching staff | David Hicks |
| Level | Postgraduate |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of 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 all students, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous students.
Fees
Requisites
Concurrent pre-requisite:
EMT502
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | This unit will run for 6 weeks of the semester - further details will be provided by your School Online: fully online with weekly readings |
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| Assessment | Task 1: Essay, 1000 words (50%) Task 2: Lesson outline, 1000 words (50%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
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