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OLET1607: Cultural Competence in Natural Science
2023 unit information
Cultural competence is a congruent set of values and principles that are reflected in behaviours, attitudes, policies, structures, and practices in a system, organisation, professional or researcher and facilitate work and effective interactions with clients and environments in cross-cultural situations (modified from Kiefer et al 2013). The unit will introduce undergraduate students to general principles in cultural competence awareness and provide a learning space to reflect on some overall values, behaviours, attitudes and practices that will enable them to work and interact effectively with their clients, co-workers, communities and environments crossculturally during their research, placements and professional practice. Part of this OLE will also be tailored to the student's interests by providing an opportunity for reflection on the impact of some cultural competence aspects on the research, professional placements and extramural rotations/practice of their disciplines when applied to cross cultural settings.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Science
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Life and Environmental Sciences Academic Operations |
| Credit points | 2 |
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AVBS4003 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. define the concepts and approaches involved in cultural competence
- LO2. recognise some of the facts that contribute to the formation of values, identity and attitudes in yourself and others, and how this relates to cultural competence
- LO3. identify the key concepts related to Indigenous knowledge systems and how these concepts can be applied to issues in the natural sciences to give additional perspectives to those given by Western science
- LO4. identify how to begin applying the use of cultural competence principles to approach different cultural settings while working in the natural sciences.
- LO5. discuss the overarching principles, dimensions and elements of cultural competence
- LO6. demonstrate the ability to use cultural competence principles to propose how to approach situations in different cultural settings, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander settings
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