School: Kurongkurl Katitjin

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Aboriginal Contexts in Secondary Education
  • Unit Code

    EDF6203
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Amanda MADDEN

Description

In this unit, Pre-Service secondary teachers will critically reflect on their professional responsibilities when teaching Aboriginal students, and when incorporating Aboriginal perspectives in the secondary curriculum for all students. Pre-Service Teachers will critically analyse the historical, cultural, and social contexts that shape the contemporary experiences of Aboriginal students, families, and communities, while integrating culturally responsive teaching practices. The unit will evaluate teaching strategies and the differing learning styles that reflect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing and ways of being. Pre-Service Teachers will develop their knowledge regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures, histories and languages, and examine ways to authentically embed these understandings across the secondary curriculum.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded EDF6101. Unit equivalent to EDF6201 and EDF6202.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Examine the diversity of identities within contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures within a secondary school setting.
  2. Critically analyse and plan authentic learning experiences that enable all secondary students to learn about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures, languages and worldviews.
  3. Integrate culturally responsive pedagogies and practices that take into account the cultural identities and linguistic backgrounds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, when planning learning experiences.
  4. Evaluate the historical, institutional, social and economic contexts that shape the way all teachers, students and families engage with secondary education.

Unit Content

  1. Culturally responsive protocols that guide respectful and responsible engagement with Aboriginal peoples and knowledges.
  2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander worldviews and identities.
  3. Pedagogies and practices that reflect Aboriginal ways of being, knowing and doing.
  4. Pedagogies and protocols that enable teachers to authentically and appropriately present Aboriginal perspectives as part of the school curriculum.
  5. Australian history, and Aboriginal education policy, that have shaped the interaction of teachers and students today.
  6. Educator practices that promote reconciliation and anti-racism within education settings.
  7. Exemplars of practice that take in to account the impact of health, social and economic determinants on student engagement.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered11 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentReflective Writing25%
TestFortnightly Quiz25%
PortfolioPortfolio50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentReflective Writing25%
TestFortnightly Quiz25%
PortfolioPortfolio50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

EDF6203|2|1

School: Kurongkurl Katitjin

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Aboriginal Contexts in Secondary Education
  • Unit Code

    EDF6203
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Amanda MADDEN

Description

In this unit, Pre-Service secondary teachers will critically reflect on their professional responsibilities when teaching Aboriginal students, and when incorporating Aboriginal perspectives in the secondary curriculum for all students. Pre-Service Teachers will critically analyse the historical, cultural, and social contexts that shape the contemporary experiences of Aboriginal students, families, and communities, while integrating culturally responsive teaching practices. The unit will evaluate teaching strategies and the differing learning styles that reflect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing and ways of being. Pre-Service Teachers will develop their knowledge regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures, histories and languages, and examine ways to authentically embed these understandings across the secondary curriculum.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded EDF6101. Unit equivalent to EDF6201 and EDF6202.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Examine the diversity of identities within contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures within a secondary school setting.
  2. Critically analyse and plan authentic learning experiences that enable all secondary students to learn about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures, languages and worldviews.
  3. Integrate culturally responsive pedagogies and practices that take into account the cultural identities and linguistic backgrounds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, when planning learning experiences.
  4. Evaluate the historical, institutional, social and economic contexts that shape the way all teachers, students and families engage with secondary education.

Unit Content

  1. Culturally responsive protocols that guide respectful and responsible engagement with Aboriginal peoples and knowledges.
  2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander worldviews and identities.
  3. Pedagogies and practices that reflect Aboriginal ways of being, knowing and doing.
  4. Pedagogies and protocols that enable teachers to authentically and appropriately present Aboriginal perspectives as part of the school curriculum.
  5. Australian history, and Aboriginal education policy, that have shaped the interaction of teachers and students today.
  6. Educator practices that promote reconciliation and anti-racism within education settings.
  7. Exemplars of practice that take in to account the impact of health, social and economic determinants on student engagement.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 1 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered11 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentReflective Writing25%
TestFortnightly Quiz25%
PortfolioPortfolio50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentReflective Writing25%
TestFortnightly Quiz25%
PortfolioPortfolio50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

EDF6203|2|2