Courses Handbook 2009

305843 (v.3) Indigenous Australian Research 412


Area: Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 6.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Individual Study: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Seminar: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s): 305627 (v.3) Indigenous Australian Research 302 or any previous version
Syllabus: Exploration of various broad approaches to the conduct of research in Indigenous contexts, including the positivist and interpretivie paradigms. Specifically, it examines scientific, Indigenous and other ways of knowing the world. Explores the ways in which the dominant scientific and experimental research method can devalue Indigenous people's knowledge and lived experiences. New and emergent approaches to research and their applicability to Indigenous contexts are explored.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 090311 Indigenous Studies
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2009 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2009 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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