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WS2121 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Skills and Frameworks for Practice
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | College of Arts, Society & Education |
The aim of this subject is to prepare Indigenous and non-Indigenous students to work respectfully alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by providing students with culturally appropriate skills and theoretical frameworks. Students will be encouraged to develop a critical awareness of the unique, complex, historical and contemporary relationships between social work and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples including social structures, systems, inequities and injustices, and how to apply professional knowledge and skills to address injustices.
Learning Outcomes
- draw on key texts related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander historical and contemporary experiences to demonstrate understanding of how own history influences identity and relationships;
- demonstrate a critical appreciation of historical and contemporary relationships between social work and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;
- distinguish the differences between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and peoples;
- examine and integrate subject learning and critical awareness of self in professional practice with and alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.
Subject Assessment
- autobiographical journal - (50%)
- Reflective practice statement - (50%).
| Assumed Knowledge: |
WS1006 have successfully completed 12 credit points (four subjects) of level 1 study at tertiary level |
| Prerequisites: | Students must have successfully completed 12 credit points of level 1 study at tertiary level or admitted to 103804 MSW(PQ) and allow concurrent enrolment in WS5516 or WS5517 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
WS2020 |
Availabilities |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 26-Mar-2020 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Susan Gair |
| Lecturers: | Mrs Dorothy Savage, Assoc. Professor Susan Gair. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Townsville, Mixed attendance, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 26-Mar-2020 | |
| Face to face teaching 22-Apr-2020 to 24-Apr-2020 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Susan Gair |
| Lecturers: | Mrs Dorothy Savage, Dr Vinnitta Mosby, Assoc. Professor Susan Gair. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Townsville, Mixed attendance, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 27-Aug-2020 | |
| Face to face teaching 01-Oct-2020 to 03-Oct-2020 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Susan Gair. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 26-Mar-2020 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Susan Gair |
| Lecturers: | Dr Vinnitta Mosby, Assoc. Professor Susan Gair. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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