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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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Aboriginal Histories of the Present

  • Unit Code

    SWK2111

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Kenneth John HAYWARD

Description

The unit examines the experiences of Aboriginal peoples since invasion and colonisation, using the notion of whiteness to understand the way in which history is contested and discursive. The unit analyses the history of dispossession, resistance, adaptation and survival of Aboriginal people in Australia, tracking these experiences against a backdrop of historical events. The unit will examine the historical and contemporary nature of oppression and resistance as reflecting power inequities between groups.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students undertaking this unit in the online mode are required to attend a 5-day Residential on the Mount Lawley Campus to pass the unit. The unit content is compacted into a shorter study period of seven weeks for the online students.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the historical and contemporary nature and impact of colonisation, discrimination and oppression.
  2. Describe and analyse whiteness as a construct which shapes the dominant ideas about Australia's social, economic, cultural and political history.
  3. Develop a way of thinking about Australian contemporary society which is based on an understanding of historical events from Indigenous perspectives.
  4. Examine and reflect on the self as a conscious personal and professional actor within the dynamic of ethnic interchanges.
  5. Identify the significance of key events and milestones in Australia's history as they have been influenced, and interpreted, by Aboriginal people.

Unit Content

  1. Contested histories.
  2. Key events and milestones in Australian economic, social and political history.
  3. Resistance as a response to colonisation.
  4. Self as social change agent: opportunities to challenge oppression.
  5. Welfare and human service structures and services as manifestations of a dominant white welfare discourse.
  6. Whiteness as a conceptual framework.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 1 hour lecture
Semester 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Readings, lectures and tutorials, online lectures and learning activities, guest speakers, discussion groups, audiovisual resources, residential for off-campus students.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayResearch 1000 word essay20%
PresentationPersonal stories30%
ReviewBook Review50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayResearch 1000 Word Essay20%
PresentationPersonal stories30%
ReviewBiographies50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Collard, D., & Hackner, B. (2003). Busted out laughing: Dot Collard’s story. Broome, WA: Magabala Books. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/52156781?databaseList=638
  • McGee-Sippel, L. (2009). Hey mum, what’s a half-caste? Broome, WA: Magabla Books. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/271867852?databaseList=638
  • Lockyer, B. (2009). Last truck out. Broome, WA: Magabala Books. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/308205095?databaseList=638
  • Pryor, B., & McDonald, M. (2010). Maybe tomorrow. Saint Leonards: Allen & Unwin. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/606911251?databaseList=638
  • Chalarimeri, A. M. (2001). The man from the sunrise side. Broome, WA: Magabala Books. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/49864444?databaseList=638

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Aboriginal Histories of the Present

  • Unit Code

    SWK2111

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Kenneth John HAYWARD

Description

The unit examines the experiences of Aboriginal peoples since invasion and colonisation, using the notion of whiteness to understand the way in which history is contested and discursive. The unit analyses the history of dispossession, resistance, adaptation and survival of Aboriginal people in Australia, tracking these experiences against a backdrop of historical events. The unit will examine the historical and contemporary nature of oppression and resistance as reflecting power inequities between groups.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students undertaking this unit in the online mode are required to attend a 5-day Residential on the Mount Lawley Campus to pass the unit. The unit content is compacted into a shorter study period of seven weeks for the online students.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the historical and contemporary nature and impact of colonisation, discrimination and oppression.
  2. Describe and analyse whiteness as a construct which shapes the dominant ideas about Australia's social, economic, cultural and political history.
  3. Develop a way of thinking about Australian contemporary society which is based on an understanding of historical events from Indigenous perspectives.
  4. Examine and reflect on the self as a conscious personal and professional actor within the dynamic of ethnic interchanges.
  5. Identify the significance of key events and milestones in Australia's history as they have been influenced, and interpreted, by Aboriginal people.

Unit Content

  1. Contested histories.
  2. Key events and milestones in Australian economic, social and political history.
  3. Resistance as a response to colonisation.
  4. Self as social change agent: opportunities to challenge oppression.
  5. Welfare and human service structures and services as manifestations of a dominant white welfare discourse.
  6. Whiteness as a conceptual framework.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 1 hour lecture
Semester 1Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Readings, lectures and tutorials, online lectures and learning activities, guest speakers, discussion groups, audiovisual resources, residential for off-campus students.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayResearch 1000 word essay20%
PresentationPersonal stories30%
ReviewBook Review50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayResearch 1000 Word Essay20%
PresentationPersonal stories30%
ReviewBiographies50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Collard, D., & Hackner, B. (2003). Busted out laughing: Dot Collard’s story. Broome, WA: Magabala Books. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/52156781?databaseList=638
  • McGee-Sippel, L. (2009). Hey mum, what’s a half-caste? Broome, WA: Magabla Books. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/271867852?databaseList=638
  • Lockyer, B. (2009). Last truck out. Broome, WA: Magabala Books. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/308205095?databaseList=638
  • Pryor, B., & McDonald, M. (2010). Maybe tomorrow. Saint Leonards: Allen & Unwin. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/606911251?databaseList=638
  • Chalarimeri, A. M. (2001). The man from the sunrise side. Broome, WA: Magabala Books. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/49864444?databaseList=638

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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