HSRV304-16S1 (C) Semester One 2016

Indigenous Practice

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2016
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2016
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 6 March 2016
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 22 May 2016

Description

This course draws together considerations for effective social work practice in New Zealand's bi-cultural society. It also considers issues of cultural identity, ethnic relations, power and control as the basis for cross-cultural work with ethnic minorities, settler communities and refugees. One or more marae based-hui are a course requirement.

Course Goals:

•  To develop an understanding of the historical legacy of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its effect on Maori/Pakeha relationships
•  To develop an understanding of whanau ora and a human services orientation for working with whanau at policy and
    practice levels
•  To develop an understanding for working with whanau, hapu, iwi and other Maori communities at policy and
   practice levels
•  To learn a range of protocols for meeting with whanau, hapu, iwi and other Maori groupings and individuals in
    both informal and formal settings

Learning Outcomes

  • At the end of this course students will
  •  Have developed an informed and critical approach to bicultural relationships in Aotearoa.
  •  Understand the institutions of whanau, hapu and iwi and apply this knowledge to the human services.
  •  Integrate tikanga Maori and te reo skills
  •  Understand marae protocol and expectations in a range of informal and formal settings.

Prerequisites

Any 30 points of Human Services at 200 level including HSRV204. Students without this prerequisite but with at least 60 points at 200 level or above in appropriate courses may enter the course with the permission of the Programme Coordinator.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Timetable Note

Friday the 13th of May will be spent at Rehua Marae.  Attendance is compulsory.

Course Coordinator

Yvonne Crichton-Hill

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Issue Definition 18 Mar 2016 10%
Mihi 10 May 2016 10%
Presentation 13 May 2016 20%
Project 27 May 2016 50% Consisting of: Project write up (30%), Self-reflection (10%), Peer team review (10%)
Fortnightly project reporting 10% Ongoing March - May

Textbooks / Resources

There is no text book for this course.  Readings and resources will be uploaded to the HSRV304 LEARN site throughout the course.

Additional Course Outline Information

Assessment and grading system

Mihi:
During the wananga students will be expected to learn a basic mihi and will have the opportunity to practise this throughout the course. The final day of the course will be spent at Rehua Marae and at that time your mihi will be assessed.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $717.00

International fee $2,913.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All HSRV304 Occurrences

  • HSRV304-16S1 (C) Semester One 2016