Indigenous Australian Education

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. identify and analyse personal cultural imperatives in Indigenous Australian contexts 
  2. engage in research that interprets Indigenous contemporary and historical themes to inform teaching roles and practices in an Australian teaching context
  3. select and apply appropriate teaching strategies in an Indigenous Australian context
  4. critically reflect on teaching strategies and philosophies to develop a proactive learning environment
  5. identify and evaluate various stakeholders and resources that support the implementation of an Australian Indigenous learning environment.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Curtin University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-BED-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Primary Education)
• CUR-ECE-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
• CUR-SAR-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (The Arts - Visual Arts)
• CUR-SEN-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (English Education)
• CUR-SGE-DEG-2025 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (Humanities and Social Sciences Education - Geography)

Elective

• CUR-FAST-DEG-2025 - Fast track your Curtin on campus study

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

one of

• CUR-EDC135-Child Development for Educators

• CUR-EDC151 (Not currently available)

and one of

• CUR-EDC245-Learning Theories, Diversity and Differentiation

• CUR-EDC155 (Not currently available)

• CUR-EDS215-Educating Adolescents: Diversity, Differentiation and Inclusion

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• CUR-EDC370-Indigenous Australian Education (no longer available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.