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Unit of Study HUM71006 - Indigenous Knowledge (2018)

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Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 explain Indigenous approaches to being and ways for understanding in the world, with a focus on Aboriginal peoples in Australian contexts
2 examine the major Indigenous Knowledge theories including an examination of the contemporary and future-building potential of IK
3 demonstrate an understanding that IK is a relational philosophy that underpins all human culture and provides potential for adaptation

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. explain Indigenous approaches to being and ways for understanding in the world, with a focus on Aboriginal peoples in Australian contexts
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  2. examine the major Indigenous Knowledge theories including an examination of the contemporary and future-building potential of IK
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  3. demonstrate an understanding that IK is a relational philosophy that underpins all human culture and provides potential for adaptation
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA7:

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