IA3003 - Indigenous Family Wellbeing and Community Development

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Indigenous Australian Studies

Available to undergraduate students.

This subject explores Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their roles within family and community. Students will be introduced to issues and notions through online learning including the discussion board and e-mail, digital medium and reading materials. Therefore it is essential that students have access to the World Wide Web to complete this subject, students who do not have access to e-mail should notify the subject coordinator. The subject will examine some of the social determinants in relation to social and cultural capital, leadership, capacity building and health. The concepts of family and community wellbeing, qualities of life and self determination will be discussed along with the underlying assumptions developed by service providers in assessing the needs of Indigenous communities.

Learning Outcomes

• discuss leadership within an Indigenous context;
• describe the relationships between Indigenous communities and government;
• recognise the unique nature of family and community wellbeing from an Aboriginal perspective;
• recognise the unique nature of family and community wellbeing from a Torres Strait Islander perspective;
• critically analyse how community development processes are applied in Indigenous organisations.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

IA1017

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Coord/Lect:	Mrs Valda Wallace.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU and Printed materials
Assessment:	project proposal (50%); assignments (50%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Coord/Lect:	Mrs Valda Wallace.
Contact hours:	26 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	project proposal (50%); assignments (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.