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Title
Analyse a social institution and evaluate its influence on people and
society
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to analyse a
social institution, and evaluate the influence of a social
institution on people and society.
Classification
Social Science Studies > Sociology
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Social institutions include but are not limited to: kinship and marriage, the family,
religion, education, politics, the economy, the media.
2
For the purposes of assessment, each outcome of this unit standard does not
necessarily have to deal with the same social institution.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Analyse a social institution.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The analysis establishes the characteristics of the social institution in terms of
the organisation and structures of the social institution.
1.2
The analysis of a social institution recognises variations of structure according
to place.
Range
1.3
The analysis establishes how the social institution is an agent of, and is
influenced by, social processes.
Range
1.4
at least two examples of variance.
at least one social process; social processes may include but are
not limited to - socialisation, stratification.
The analysis establishes how a social institution may be reproduced or changed
over time.
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The analysis is informed by a theoretical perspective appropriate to an analysis
of the social institution.
Range
theoretical perspectives may include but are not limited to Marxist, Weberian, feminist.
Outcome 2
Evaluate the influence of a social institution on people and society.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The evaluation establishes the influence of the social institution in terms of its
impact on people and society.
Range
2.2
at least two examples of impacts.
The evaluation establishes the influence of the social institution in terms of its
societal functions.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
6 December 1996
31 December 2017
Revision
2
7 July 1999
31 December 2017
Review
3
22 August 2014
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0119
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.
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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
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to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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SSB Code 130301
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