Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1E-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1E-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.
Strategies for teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
2.
Understand and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
3.
Understanding of strategies that are responsive to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their communities.
4.
The capacity to plan effectively for teaching and learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures using different subject areas, outcomes and cross curricula priorities.
5.
An acknowledgement of and respect for equality of opportunity and an understanding of the cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
6.
The ability to analyse and evaluate resources for classroom use.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

Topic 1. Developing Respect, Responsibility & Relationships

Topic 2. Understanding Country. The thinking that shaped history - Acts and policies

Topic 3. Beginning the journey of professional capability (becoming culturally competent

Topic 4. Aboriginal Heroes - Recovering History

Topic 5. Models of good Pedagogy – Cultural Interface, Strong and Smart, 8 ways,Teaching Two-way.

Topic 6. Teaching Strategies that work across contexts and curriculum

Topic 7. Health and education

Topic 8. How to teach the hard stuff - Racism, Terra Nullius, Stolen Generations, True  History.

Topic 9. Celebrating Indigenous Australia

Topic 10. High Expectations - Closing the Gap