EUQ658 Indigenous Australian Education and Policy since 1788
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| Unit code: | EUQ658 |
|---|---|
| Antirequisite(s): | EUN649, EUZ649 EUN649, EUZ649 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | It is assumed that students understand educational practices in education settings and have practitioner experiences within a related education field or support profession. |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $592 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,468 |
| International unit fee | $4,740 |
Unit Outline: Session 2 2026, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | EUQ658 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | It is assumed that students understand educational practices in education settings and have practitioner experiences within a related education field or support profession. |
| Anti-requisite: | EUN649, EUZ649 |
| Coordinator: | Shanelle Fiaalii | s.fiaalii@qut.edu.au |
Overview
In this unit, you will develop your understanding of policy eras that have shaped the treatment of Indigenous Australian people since 1788, ending with a focus on present-day policy initiatives. The unit content will specifically investigate the role of education in delivering policy intentions and the impact this has had, and continues to have, on Indigenous Australian people and their ways of knowing. These understandings will contribute to the development of your own critical practice relating to Indigenous Australian education. The learning in this unit provides essential insights for professionals who design and deliver education initiatives in any field with and for Indigenous Australian people, in diverse educational contexts.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Discuss historical policy periods in relation to Indigenous Australian people and how they impacted on your local context.
- Create professional development material for use with colleagues.
- Analyse historical policy periods in relation to Indigenous Australian people and how they continue to impact on educational practice.
- Source and evaluate policies and other evidence to investigate the relationships between policy and educational practice.
Content
This unit will cover the following topics:
- The racial preconceptions of the colonisers of Australia
- The role of education in shaping European understandings of Indigenous Australian people
- The discursive construction of Indigenous Australian people as objects
- Contact, frontier and protection eras and the uses of education
- Recent changes in policy directions and indications for future education practice.
Learning Approaches
In this unit you will learn through engaging in the following:
- Online modules
- Online discussions
- Readings
- Activities
- Evaluation exercises
- Embedded support for creating piece-to-camera videos.
During the unit, you will be required to understand, critically reflect, analyse, synthesise and apply the presented concepts to your own education practice and knowledge traditions.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- a range of formative exercises discussed and undertaken throughout the unit
- opportunity for formative feedback in this unit will include feedback on a supporting task for assessment task 1
- self-reflection on learning and personal and professional experiences
- feedback from peers as you investigate and discuss issues raised throughout the unit
- comments about summative assessment work included with your grade
- general summative assessment feedback posted to the whole cohort via the unit Canvas website.
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessment tasks in this unit:
1. Presentation - this task draws on the historical policy periods relating to Indigenous Australian people and your local context to produce an informative presentation.
2. Case study - this task connects policies and analysis from this unit to critically analyse the current policy landscape that informs the provision of education for Indigenous Australian people and how it shapes an educational context you are familiar with.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Presentation
As a member of the Reconciliation Action Plan team, you have been asked to create a narrated digital story about the history of your area to help guide future practice and introduce new employees to your education context. Your digital story needs to place the traditional custodians at the centre of the story you tell.
You will present your digital story in a live session, where you will answer questions from the marker.
GenAI allowed: The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
The digital story is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and extensions.
You will be given a set time for the oral component. If you require an extension, you will need to apply for a deferred examination.
Assessment: Case study
You will develop a case study of an education context you are familiar with and analyse how your context is a product of past and present policies relating to Indigenous Australian people and education. Explain tensions in future policy directions for Indigenous Australian people and education that are relevant to your context, and navigate critical issues to propose actions that will enhance outcomes for Indigenous Australian learners.
GenAI allowed: The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
There are no resources that are required to be purchased for this unit. Other resources will be available in the unit's Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
During this unit, you will discuss sensitive topics with your peers that may have significant impact and meaning to you, your peers and/or your teaching team. There may also be images of deceased Indigenous people. The teaching team will aim to create a supportive and safe environment for all students enrolled in the unit. They will also support you to develop the appropriate skills to engage in these conversations in an appropriate and respectful manner to ensure a positive experience for all students. If you are concerned that the content of a unit may impact your completion of the course, please see the unit coordinator. You can also access free student counselling through QUT Counselling via the QUT Student Homepage.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.EQ60 Graduate Certificate in Education
- Discuss and evaluate advanced discipline-specific knowledge related to professional educational practice.
Relates to: ULO1, Presentation, Case study - Critically analyse and evaluate activities, contexts, and phenomena related to professional practice in the discipline of education.
Relates to: ULO3, Presentation, Case study - Source and evaluate scholarly and professional literature and apply it to educational contexts and scenarios.
Relates to: ULO4, Case study - Employ a range of communication modes to transmit knowledge, skills, and ideas to others.
Relates to: ULO2, Presentation
EQ74 Master of Education
- Discuss, evaluate, and integrate advanced discipline-specific knowledge related to professional educational practice and research.
Relates to: ULO1, Presentation, Case study - Critically analyse and evaluate complex activities, contexts and phenomena related to professional practice and scholarship in the discipline of education.
Relates to: ULO3, Presentation, Case study - Apply theories and research methods to ethically explore educational issues/phenomena and practices.
Relates to: ULO4, Case study - Employ a range of communication modes to transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences in professional and scholarly contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Presentation
Unit Outline: Session 4 2026, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | EUQ658 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | It is assumed that students understand educational practices in education settings and have practitioner experiences within a related education field or support profession. |
| Anti-requisite: | EUN649, EUZ649 |
| Coordinator: | Shanelle Fiaalii | s.fiaalii@qut.edu.au |
Overview
In this unit, you will develop your understanding of policy eras that have shaped the treatment of Indigenous Australian people since 1788, ending with a focus on present-day policy initiatives. The unit content will specifically investigate the role of education in delivering policy intentions and the impact this has had, and continues to have, on Indigenous Australian people and their ways of knowing. These understandings will contribute to the development of your own critical practice relating to Indigenous Australian education. The learning in this unit provides essential insights for professionals who design and deliver education initiatives in any field with and for Indigenous Australian people, in diverse educational contexts.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Discuss historical policy periods in relation to Indigenous Australian people and how they impacted on your local context.
- Create professional development material for use with colleagues.
- Analyse historical policy periods in relation to Indigenous Australian people and how they continue to impact on educational practice.
- Source and evaluate policies and other evidence to investigate the relationships between policy and educational practice.
Content
This unit will cover the following topics:
- The racial preconceptions of the colonisers of Australia
- The role of education in shaping European understandings of Indigenous Australian people
- The discursive construction of Indigenous Australian people as objects
- Contact, frontier and protection eras and the uses of education
- Recent changes in policy directions and indications for future education practice.
Learning Approaches
In this unit you will learn through engaging in the following:
- Online modules
- Online discussions
- Readings
- Activities
- Evaluation exercises
- Embedded support for creating piece-to-camera videos.
During the unit, you will be required to understand, critically reflect, analyse, synthesise and apply the presented concepts to your own education practice and knowledge traditions.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- a range of formative exercises discussed and undertaken throughout the unit
- opportunity for formative feedback in this unit will include feedback on a supporting task for assessment task 1
- self-reflection on learning and personal and professional experiences
- feedback from peers as you investigate and discuss issues raised throughout the unit
- comments about summative assessment work included with your grade
- general summative assessment feedback posted to the whole cohort via the unit Canvas website.
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessment tasks in this unit:
1. Presentation - this task draws on the historical policy periods relating to Indigenous Australian people and your local context to produce an informative presentation.
2. Case study - this task connects policies and analysis from this unit to critically analyse the current policy landscape that informs the provision of education for Indigenous Australian people and how it shapes an educational context you are familiar with.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Presentation
As a member of the Reconciliation Action Plan team, you have been asked to create a narrated digital story about the history of your area to help guide future practice and introduce new employees to your education context. Your digital story needs to place the traditional custodians at the centre of the story you tell.
You will present your digital story in a live session, where you will answer questions from the marker.
GenAI allowed: The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
The digital story is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and extensions.
You will be given a set time for the oral component. If you require an extension, you will need to apply for a deferred examination.
Assessment: Case study
You will develop a case study of an education context you are familiar with and analyse how your context is a product of past and present policies relating to Indigenous Australian people and education. Explain tensions in future policy directions for Indigenous Australian people and education that are relevant to your context, and navigate critical issues to propose actions that will enhance outcomes for Indigenous Australian learners.
GenAI allowed: The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
There are no resources that are required to be purchased for this unit. Other resources will be available in the unit's Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
During this unit, you will discuss sensitive topics with your peers that may have significant impact and meaning to you, your peers and/or your teaching team. There may also be images of deceased Indigenous people. The teaching team will aim to create a supportive and safe environment for all students enrolled in the unit. They will also support you to develop the appropriate skills to engage in these conversations in an appropriate and respectful manner to ensure a positive experience for all students. If you are concerned that the content of a unit may impact your completion of the course, please see the unit coordinator. You can also access free student counselling through QUT Counselling via the QUT Student Homepage.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.EQ60 Graduate Certificate in Education
- Discuss and evaluate advanced discipline-specific knowledge related to professional educational practice.
Relates to: ULO1, Presentation, Case study - Critically analyse and evaluate activities, contexts, and phenomena related to professional practice in the discipline of education.
Relates to: ULO3, Presentation, Case study - Source and evaluate scholarly and professional literature and apply it to educational contexts and scenarios.
Relates to: ULO4, Case study - Employ a range of communication modes to transmit knowledge, skills, and ideas to others.
Relates to: ULO2, Presentation
EQ74 Master of Education
- Discuss, evaluate, and integrate advanced discipline-specific knowledge related to professional educational practice and research.
Relates to: ULO1, Presentation, Case study - Critically analyse and evaluate complex activities, contexts and phenomena related to professional practice and scholarship in the discipline of education.
Relates to: ULO3, Presentation, Case study - Apply theories and research methods to ethically explore educational issues/phenomena and practices.
Relates to: ULO4, Case study - Employ a range of communication modes to transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences in professional and scholarly contexts.
Relates to: ULO2, Presentation