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Unit Summary
Unit aim
Learn the history and culture of a particular place through a real-time or virtual visit. The unit may include multiple stops at multiple destinations, or be a more immersive experience at just one location. The location and staffing will change from year to year and may be in a rural or metropolitan area.
Unit content
- Cultural and geographical history
- Representing the past and places
- Ethics, personal and social responsibility
- Field research skills: observation, interaction, evidence, recording and analysis
- Interpretation
- Critical reflection
Learning outcomes
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate an ethical sense of social responsibility and citizenship |
| 2 | employ skills of field observation, recording, self-reflection, questioning and analysis |
| 3 | analyse how historical and/or environmental factors have shaped the community |
| 4 | understand how the history of a place is represented to the public |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate an ethical sense of social responsibility and citizenship
- employ skills of field observation, recording, self-reflection, questioning and analysis
- analyse how historical and/or environmental factors have shaped the community
- understand how the history of a place is represented to the public
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.