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Challenging And Confronting: The Role Of Humanities In Fostering Critical Thinking, Cultural Competency And An Evolution Of Worldview In Enabling Education, Lydia Edwards, Brendan Ritchie
Challenging And Confronting: The Role Of Humanities In Fostering Critical Thinking, Cultural Competency And An Evolution Of Worldview In Enabling Education, Lydia Edwards, Brendan Ritchie
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
Humanities discourse forms part of several Australian academic enabling programs, either embedded within the broader curriculum, or as part of a standalone unit. Within Edith Cowan University’s UniPrep course, an introductory Humanities unit is offered to students as one of two electives alongside three other core units. The unit introduces students to key concepts within the Humanities, exploring disciplines such as ethics, philosophy, language, history, religion, politics, law, Indigenous studies and fine arts. In addition to offering students an understanding of these disciplines, studying Humanities within the context of an academic enabling program can provide students with several other benefits. …