Indigenising the curriculum - TLS

Indigenising the curriculum
Bachelor of Arts Kyinandoo
Rebecca.gerrett@vu.edu.au

Introductions & Acknowledgement
Moondani Balluk Indigenous Academic Unit,
Moondani.Balluk@vu.edu.au staff:
• Director- Karen Jackson
• Student Support/Admin- Raelene Clinch
• Lecturer- Gary Foley
• Lecturer- Rebecca Gerrett-Magee
• Lecturer- Mat Jakobi
• Lecturer- Paola Balla
• Lecturer- Davina Woods

Kyinandoo
• BA Kyinandoo has three streams; Indigenous Australia,
Global Indigenous and electives.
• 1 st Year Semester 1:
AEK1101 Indigenous Australian Issues & Understandings
AEK1102 Global Indigenous Cultures
AEK1103 Managing Learning & Inquiry
AEK1104 Indigenous Careers Development
• Semester 2:
AEK1201 Indigenous Australian Knowing
AEK1202 Global Indigenous Communities
2 Electives from across VU

• 2 nd Year Semester 1:
AEK2101 Working in Indigenous Australian Communities
AEK2102 Oral traditions in Indigenous Communities
2 Electives
• Semester 2:
AEK2201 Learning in Indigenous Australian Communities
AEK2202 Global Indigenous Issues
• 3 rd Year Semester 1:
AEK3101 Knowing Indigenous Australian Communities
AEK3102 Indigenous Literacies

• Semester 2:
AEK3201 Leadership in Indigenous Australian Communities
AEK3202 Global Indigenous Leadership
• Established with Indigenisation of curriculum; Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander history and culture to act as foundation
for ‘internationalisation.’
• Students must have a strong sense of place which will allow
them to explore elsewhere, whether it be the place they were
born or the place they journeyed to.
• A sense of place can only come with understanding and
exploring all those things that are connected with place;
culture, history, language, people etc.
• An exploration of place inevitably will lead most students to an
exploration of themselves.