Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

None.

Competencies covered

Competency: CHCECE054 Encourage understanding of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures
Element: 1. Identify perspectives on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures.	1.1. Identify and reflect on perspectives about Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures and the experiences that have informed them.
	1.2. Identify and implement ways to improve awareness of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures.
Element: 2. Investigate the local context for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures.	2.1. Source and access credible sources of information about local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures and history.
	2.2. Reflect on the contemporary impacts of historical issues in the local context.
	2.3. Handle information in a culturally sensitive way taking account of how and with whom information can be shared.
Element: 3. Contribute ideas for embedding Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures in daily practice.	3.1. Identify opportunities for the embedding of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures in routines and learning experiences consistent with the community’s cultural protocols, the approved learning framework and the curriculum.
	3.2. Evaluate and use opportunities to promote children’s understanding of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures and languages.
	3.3. Develop and communicate ideas to promote children’s understanding of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures and languages through collaboration with others in culturally safe and sensitive ways.
Element: 4. Support children’s understanding and respect.	4.1. Facilitate children’s experiences in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways that model respect, values and positively portray Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures and languages.
	4.2. Model language and interactions that show respect for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultural knowledge.
	4.3. Develop an understanding of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait peoples’ ways of learning.
	4.4. Use opportunities to encourage children to reflect on and engage with different Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ ways of learning.

Unit Description

Encourage understanding of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures

Topics

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Unit offerings

Face to face: (Demand based)

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.