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<p>This unit explores the profound and innovative contributions of Australian Indigenous peoples to science and technology. The unit offers students the opportunity to appreciate the depth of knowledges, creativity, and scientific understanding through discovery and research that has been present among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for some 120 thousand years. The unit gives the students an opportunity to engage with Indigenous ways of communicating, making and knowing and sharing these skills with community. Students will engage with connection to community and Country and experience the interconnected Indigenous world.</p>
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<p>- Traditional ecological knowledges and environmental management practices.</p>
<p>- Australian Indigenous scientific and engineering ways and techniques, which may include inventions such as the construction of fish traps, dwellings, tools and implements, etc.</p>
<p>- Australian Indigenous innovations in food cultivation, harvesting, and sustainable food procuring and harvesting practices.</p>
<p>- An understanding of Australian Indigenous astronomy knowledges, including navigation, Dreaming and connection.</p>
<p>- Australian Indigenous bush tucker related medicinal knowledges and the various uses of native plants for healing and development.</p>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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Unit description
<p>This unit explores the profound and innovative contributions of Australian Indigenous peoples to science and technology. The unit offers students the opportunity to appreciate the depth of knowledges, creativity, and scientific understanding through discovery and research that has been present among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for some 120 thousand years. The unit gives the students an opportunity to engage with Indigenous ways of communicating, making and knowing and sharing these skills with community. Students will engage with connection to community and Country and experience the interconnected Indigenous world.</p>
Unit content
<p>- Traditional ecological knowledges and environmental management practices.</p> <p>- Australian Indigenous scientific and engineering ways and techniques, which may include inventions such as the construction of fish traps, dwellings, tools and implements, etc.</p> <p>- Australian Indigenous innovations in food cultivation, harvesting, and sustainable food procuring and harvesting practices.</p> <p>- An understanding of Australian Indigenous astronomy knowledges, including navigation, Dreaming and connection.</p> <p>- Australian Indigenous bush tucker related medicinal knowledges and the various uses of native plants for healing and development.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
090311 - Indigenous Studies
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/baind3003">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
Prerequisite
<p>must have completed 1 of <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BAIND1001" target="_blank">BAIND1001</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BAIND1002" target="_blank">BAIND1002</a>/BAXDC1002/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=FEAFN1101" target="_blank">FEAFN1101</a>/FEAFN1102/INDOL1001/INDOL1002/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=INDSL1000" target="_blank">INDSL1000</a>/<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=INDSL1001" target="_blank">INDSL1001</a> AND the student must have achieved at least 120 credit points prior to enrolment</p>
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
<p>must not have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=BAIND2003" target="_blank">BAIND2003</a></p>
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p><strong>Recognise the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories, experiences and identities</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Identify and consider the ongoing impacts of settler colonisation on Indigenous peoples and communities in Australia</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Examine key concepts, theories, issues and debates in the field of Indigenous Studies</strong></p>
S1
<p><strong>Engage with diverse cultural contexts and demonstrate culturally inclusive practices</strong></p>
S2
<p><strong>Develop skills in research and communication, including academic writing and referencing</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Reflect on one’s pre-existing knowledge of and relationship to course content</strong></p>
A1
<p><strong>Engage ethically with questions and debates relating to the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Apply relevant conceptual and theoretical frameworks to issues and debates regarding the status and experiences of Indigenous peoples in Australia</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Communicate an understanding of key theories and concepts in Indigenous Studies at an introductory level</strong></p>
Assessment
Learning Tasks and Assessment
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Learning outcomes assessed
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<p>Indigenous Science and Inventions Exploration</p>
<p>Yarn</p>
<p>20-25%</p>
S1, S2, A1, A2, A3
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<p>Development of Invention or Way of Knowing from Country</p>
<p>Development Project</p>
<p>30-35%</p>
K1, K2, K3, S3, A3
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<p>Invention or Way of knowing from Country</p>
<p>On Country Expo</p>
<p>40-45%</p>
S1, S2, A1, A2, A3
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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FedTASK 1: Interpersonal
The ability to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 2: Leadership
The ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 3: Critical Thinking and Creativity
The ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using imagination to create new ideas.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 4: Digital Literacy
The ability to work fluently across a range of tools and applications to achieve a range of skills.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 5: Sustainable and Ethical Mindset
The ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK
<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
090311 - Indigenous Studies
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/baind3003">View unit fees</a>
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