Online Courses Handbook 2003

305844 (v.1) Research Techniques and Practice in Indigenous Australian Contexts 413

Area:	Centre for Aboriginal Studies
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	305628 (v.1) Research Techniques and Practice in Indigenous Australian Contexts 301
Development of applied research skills enabling the planning and undertaking of effective culturally sensitive research in Aboriginal contexts in ways that maximise opportunities for local Indigenous participation and control, that are non-intrusive, and give priority to Indigenuos perspectives and benefit the Aboriginal people. An opportunity to practice and develop structured and unstructured interviews, focus groups, questionnaires, document analysis and observational data collection skills and techniques, and consider the strengths and weaknesses of each using data recording and analysis techniques.