Overview
This topic introduces students to the close study of Reconciliation both in Australia and Internationally. The topic proposes that any process of reconciliation should be underpinned by an understanding of the history of imperialism, colonisation and more recently globalisation. This topic is designed to allow students to read, view and … For more content click the Read More button below.
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Aims
This topic aims to provide opportunities for students to:
- Engage with and interrogate critical debates raised by reconciliation
- Develop appropriate teaching/learning strategies to engage with reconciliation through education
- Listen to and develop understanding of Indigenous voices in multiple contexts
- Examine questions of control over and access to Indigenous knowledges in a variety of forms
- Analyse the politics of representation and appropriation and ethical responsibility
- Study the reclamation of Indigenous knowledges in contemporary contexts
Learning outcomes
On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
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Demonstrate skills to identify and critically analyse social issues from a range of perspectives
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Demonstrate skills in critiquing a variety of mediated texts
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Demonstrate enhanced skills in creatively utilising a variety of media
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Demonstrate an ability to read and interpret a range of texts in relation to historical and contemporary encounters between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people
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Examine the working construct of 'race' in contemporary societies
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Demonstrate an ability to understand and engage within cross-cultural contexts
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Demonstrate further skills in the development of inter-disciplinary research methodologies
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Identify, organise and generate an independent research project
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Demonstrate skills in working collaboratively on a group oral presentation
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Demonstrate enhanced skills in essay writing, including developing an academic argument and using appropriate referencing methods
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