ABOR3021
Australian Indigenous Language & Cultural Issues Today
10 Units
Available in 2014
| Callaghan Campus | Semester 1 |
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Previously offered in 2013, 2012
This is a multidisciplinary course relating to Education, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Business Studies and Management, History, Aboriginal Studies, Communications and Linguistics. It provides insight into, and understanding of, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages and cultures and the issues involved for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and non-Aboriginal and non-Torres Strait Islander Australians working in professions, Public Service, Government Interagencies and the Business and Corporate Sectors.
| Objectives | Students will have a sound understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal and non-Torres Strait Islander Australian languages and cultures and bicultural competency in working together in providing educational, health, housing, employment, business management and service provision equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and their communities. They will also have a greater understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia and the value of this knowledge for all Australians. | ||||||
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| Content | 1. Course Overview 2. Aspects of Language and Culture 3. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language (study linguistic and cultural aspects of one) 4. History of Dialects, Creolisation and non-Creolisation of Languages (Kriol & Broken) 5. Decolonisation of Language 6. Aboriginal Englishes, Cultures and Education 7. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages, English, Cultures and the Law 8. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages, English, Cultures and Business 9. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal and non-Torres Strait Islander Health, Communication and Interaction 10. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages, Cultures and Australian Politics 11. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages, Cultures and Australian Media 12. Empowering all Australians in Linguistic and Bicultural Competency 13. Revision |
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| Replacing Course(s) | ABOR2121 - Constructions of Aboriginality in Print Communication - 10 units | ||||||
| Transition | Not applicable | ||||||
| Industrial Experience | 0 | ||||||
| Assumed Knowledge | ABOR1110 or equivalent introductory Aboriginal studies. | ||||||
| Modes of Delivery | Distance Learning : IT Based Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning Internal Mode |
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| Teaching Methods | Email Discussion Group
Lecture Self Directed Learning Student Projects Tutorial |
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| Contact Hours | Tutorial: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term |
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| Timetables | 2014 Course Timetables for ABOR3021 |