James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2021
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WS2121 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Skills and Frameworks for Practice
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| 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 |
| Administered by: | College of Arts, Society & Education |
Subject Description
- 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
- 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
- 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
Subject Assessment
- Written > Case study analysis - (50%) - Individual
- Written > Reflection/reflective task 1 - (50%) - Individual
Note that 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.
Assumed Knowledge: WS1006 have successfully completed 12 credit points (four subjects) of level 1 study at tertiary level
Inadmissible Subject Combinations: WS2020
Availabilities
Cairns, Study Period 1, Mixed attendance, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability) | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 25 Mar 2021 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 22 Feb 2021 to Friday, 18 Jun 2021 |
| Face to face teaching: | (6 - 8 April 2021) |
| Coordinator(s): | Assoc. Professor Susan Gair |
| Lecturer(s): | DR Vinnitta Mosby |
| Workload expectations: | The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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Townsville, Study Period 1, Mixed attendance, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability) | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 25 Mar 2021 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 22 Feb 2021 to Friday, 18 Jun 2021 |
| Face to face teaching: | Tuesday, 06 Apr 2021 to Thursday, 08 Apr 2021 |
| Coordinator(s): | Assoc. Professor Susan Gair |
| Lecturer(s): | Assoc. Professor Susan Gair DR Vinnitta Mosby MRS Dorothy Savage |
| Workload expectations: | The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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Townsville, Study Period 2, Mixed attendance, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability) | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 26 Aug 2021 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 26 Jul 2021 to Friday, 19 Nov 2021 |
| Face to face teaching: | Sunday, 26 Sep 2021 to Tuesday, 28 Sep 2021 |
| Coordinator(s): | Professor Debra Miles |
| Lecturer(s): | Professor Debra Miles |
| Workload expectations: | The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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