| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Education, Arts & Community |
| Unit Title: | International Experience |
| Unit ID: | BAXDC3104 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (At least 120 credit points from ANY subject-area at any level) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 090399 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
This course aims to enhance students knowledge and skills in a chosen field through an in-country experience. It comprises participation in a project related to students fields of study in an off-shore location, enabling students to examine another culture first-hand while analysing and reflecting on the impact of the project and their own culture on the target community. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | |  | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Identify the value systems at work in a culture different from their own |
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| K2. | Enhance awareness of a particular field of study through in-country immersion |
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| K3. | Gain a better understanding of life and culture in a developing society |
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| K4. | Develop insight into the social, political and economic environments of the local community |
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| K5. | Examine the implications of the impact of Western involvement in an extra-mural contact situation |
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| K6. | Investigate the role of NGOs in developing countries. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Develop better analytical skills in identifying issues of concern in students fieldwork experiences |
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| S2. | Apply knowledge of fieldwork in situ and on return to Australia |
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| S3. | Develop communicative skills with people from another culture |
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| S4. | Work effectively as a team member. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Apply intercultural communication and analytical skills to engage in effective working relationships with people from diverse cultural backgrounds |
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| A2. | Utilise cross-cultural working knowledge and skills to successfully resolve conflicts raised by cultural differences |
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| A3. | Work effectively with people from diverse cultural backgrounds in the globalised world. |
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| Unit Content: |
•Participation in a project related to the students field of study in an off-shore location
•Background study of the culture and society to be visited as part of the project
•Reflection on issues that arise as a result of student participation in the project
•Reflection on issues that relate directly to the nature of the project
•Communication with local community on matters related to the project. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, S3, S4, A2 | Contribution to the Project | Participation in the Project | 15-25% | | 2. | K3, K4, S2, A1 | Produce an on-going chronicle of the project and identify the relative worth of international experience | Reflective Journal | 25-35% | | 3. | K1, K5, K6, S1, A3 | Conduct an in-depth analysis which bears theoretical and/or practical relevance to the project | Report | 45-55% |
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