Min Score Weight 20% total; 5 journal entries worth 4% each

Length 1500-2000 words total; 5 journal entries, not less than 300

one journal entry for each module which all uploaded.

Students are required to submit one document consisting of five journal entries – one for each Topic in this Unit. Each journal entry must engage with the Topic content presented in seminars, readings and discussion, and express the student’s views of the Indigenous World-Views Topics they progress through the Unit.

Students should write in the first person in the context of this paper, as students will need to demonstrate self-reflection as part of this assessment and evaluate what they feel they have learnt throughout this Unit.

A reference list is also required as part of this assessment, given that you will be drawing on authored material. Students are required to submit their paper, including a cover sheet

Each journal entry should:

Establish the relevance of the Topic content to the journal entry
Engage with underlying themes expressed the Topic content
Demonstrate respect as a key skill in cultural competency and apply other culturally competent values where necessary

Marking criteria:

Students will be assessed on both the academic content and academic literacy of their learning journals.

For academic content, students will be assessed on their

Research and knowledge of the Topic content
Self-reflection and analytical engagement with the Topic content
Application of cultural competency skills
For academic literacy, students will be assessed on the

Structure and presentation of their journal
Referencing of their journal
Refer to the Learning Journal Guide and Marking Rubric for more information.

Learning Outcomes:

1. show an appreciation of the diversity and complexity of Australian social conditions.

2. outline the foundations of cultural safety and a basis for a culturally competent framework relevant to Indigenous peoples.

3. describe Indigenous Australian conceptions of wellbeing, ways of being in the world and Indigenous knowledge systems.

4. examine the concept of Indigenous relatedness with particular regards to kinship with the environment.

5. recognise the ways that Indigenous peoples throughout the world have maintained their cultures and established their rights.

6. outline Indigenous traditional and contemporary beliefs and practices in Australia.