Unit of Study INDG5007 Learners and Community Together (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
Placement

No

Unit description

This explores Australian Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander community-based knowledge by bringing learners and community together via a compulsory 5-day residential workshop. Students will learn about respectful engagement with narratives from community and how this knowledge can be utilised Respectfully to achieve successful outcomes as defined by and experienced by the members of those communities.

Unit content

Topic 1: Learn best practice in Indigenous community engagement

Topic 2: Community-based Indigenous Knowledge processes

Topic 3: Understanding Indigenous Knowledge in relationship with community

Topic 4: Narratives of representation in relation to urban and rural community-based Indigenous Knowledge

Topic 5: Rights and responsibilities within relationships with community

Topic 6: Planning action through Indigenous Knowledge gained with community

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2025

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:

reflect on ethical and reciprocal relationships with community and practice respectful action that will allow Indigenous Knowledge to flow from community

critically analyse effective frameworks that allow Indigenous Knowledge to be synthesised through relationship with community

develop and apply models for positive social outcomes that transmit community-based Indigenous Knowledge Respectfully

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