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Title
Reflect critically on social and political issues as they impinge on
teaching and learning
Level
7
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: analyse
political decisions as they impinge on education; investigate a
selected social and/or political issue which impacts on equity in
education; and identify equity implications of selected social
and/or political issue for own teaching practices.
Classification
Teacher Education > Teaching
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Candidates assessed against this unit standard must demonstrate a standard of
performance that is consistent with the National Education Guidelines, Learning Media
Limited, Ministry of Education, Wellington, 2009; and Special Education Policy Guidelines,
Ministry of Education, Wellington, 2012.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
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Evidence requirements
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1.1
Analysis identifies political
decisions which impact directly on education.
Analyse political decisions as they impinge on education.
1.2
Analysis examines implications of political decisions for participants in New
Zealand education.
Outcome 2
Investigate a selected social and/or political issue which impacts on equity in education.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Evidence upon which investigation is based is sourced in education literature.
2.2
Investigation details parameters of the issue.
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2.3
Investigation details implications of the issue.
may include implications for – learners; learning; maintaining an
inclusive learning environment; relating to students; pastoral care,
relationships with parents, caregivers, and the community,
teachers, school management and school governance.
Range
2.4
Investigation examines points of view on the issue.
may include – content of points of view, quality of evidence
supporting points of view, values underlying points of view.
Range
2.5
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Investigation establishes and justifies own position in relation to the issue.
Outcome 3
Identify equity implications of selected social and/or political issue for own teaching
practices.
Range
practices may include – content selection, groupings, communication with
students, assessment practices.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Equity implications of the issue are identified in relation to own teaching
practices.
3.2
Equity implications of the issue are identified in relation to own values and
beliefs.
This unit standard is
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out
below.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 August 1997
31 December 2012
Revision
2
20 March 2001
31 December 2012
Revision
3
20 April 2004
31 December 2012
Review
4
17 April 2009
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
5
19 July 2012
Review
6
20 August 2015
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is
expiring
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