472-402 Indigenous Australian Studies

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472-402 Indigenous Australian Studies
Availability	Not available in 2002
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Semester	Not Offered (view timetable)
Contact	Lectures and tutorials totalling 36 hours
Subject Description	A study of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander - (Indigenous Australian) cultures: the origins, diversity, history and contemporary issue and initiatives of Indigenous Australian peoples. Strategies for working with Australian Indigenous children and their families in preschool and school contexts and appropriate protocols for working with Indigenous groups and communities. Resources for teaching Australian Indigenous studies and strategies for combating and eradicating racism in education and community services.
Assessment	Assignments and essays totalling 4000 words
Prescribed Texts	R Craven (Ed), Teaching Aboriginal Studies. Allen and Unwin, 1999. W Edwards (Ed), Traditional Aboriginal Society. MacMillan, 1998. R Hartley (Ed), Families and Cultural Diversity in Australia. Allen and Unwin, 1995.

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