Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
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| Gold Coast | | |
| Lismore | | |
| Online | | N/A |
Unit description
Introduces students to research methods and styles of history-making. Debates within, and challenges to the discipline will be explored. A teacher/student interaction strategy will be employed which intends that students acquire the concepts of the discipline and have the opportunity to make history for themselves. Access to a computer and network will be essential for external students to meet the requirements of the unit.
Unit content
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What is history?
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Sources and subjects of history-making
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Reading/writing history: Interpreting secondary sources
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Listening to history: Oral sources
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Visiting history: Archives and museums
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Place and time: Temporal and spatial coordinates
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Historians as history-makers
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History-making making history: Who owns history?
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Popular history making
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Why history? Rethinking the past in a changing world
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: |
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| 1 | identify issues and raise questions for historical study |
| 2 | describe some of the major theories of historical enquiry |
| 3 | employ historical methodologies |
| 4 | use different source materials both critically and empathetically |
| 5 | evaluate different historical interpretations and representations of the past |
| 6 | demonstrate commitment to the professional, legal and ethical responsibilities of historical practice |
| 7 | construct an argument |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- identify issues and raise questions for historical study
- describe some of the major theories of historical enquiry
- employ historical methodologies
- use different source materials both critically and empathetically
- evaluate different historical interpretations and representations of the past
- demonstrate commitment to the professional, legal and ethical responsibilities of historical practice
- construct an argument
Prescribed texts
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.