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MUED1007: Australian Indigenous Music and Education
2025 unit information
This unit comprises an introduction to the music and dance expressions of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in their various geographical, historical, social and cultural settings, with an emphasis on recent, mass mediated expressions. The Unit provides students with a broad understanding of Australian First Nation societies, past and present, and introduces them to issues of ethical responsibility involved in the study of Australian Indigenous music and dance. It addresses a range of practical issues related to collaborating with First Nations musicians and the incorporation of Australian Indigenous music within school music education programs.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Music Education |
| Credit points | 3 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. identify key differences between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands music and present a strong case for prioritising them in formal music education
- LO2. critique competing understandings of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music
- LO3. demonstrate awareness and understanding of the complexities inherent in concepts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands music past and present, including notions of identity, history and geography
- LO4. competently perform appropriate selections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands music
- LO5. describe, compare and demonstrate different pedagogical strategies for including (or increasing representation of) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands music in school learning and teaching programs in imaginative and ethical ways
- LO6. identify ways music can contribute to healing from traumatic experiences
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Semester 2 2025
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