NZQA registered unit standard
21191 version 3
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of the history and development of adult
literacy and numeracy in Aotearoa New Zealand
Level
5
Purpose
Credits
5
This unit standard is for people with or developing specialist
expertise to improve the literacy and numeracy skills of adult
learners in Aotearoa New Zealand.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the
history of the development of adult literacy and numeracy
initiatives for adult learners in Aotearoa New Zealand; the
history and development of Māori literacy and numeracy to the
present; the reasons for, and impact of, low adult literacy and
numeracy; and identify and describe specialist services and
resources that support adult literacy and numeracy educators
and learners.
Classification
Adult Education and Training > Adult Literacy and Numeracy
Education
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
For the purposes of this unit standard, adult literacy and numeracy education
includes design, delivery, assessment, and evaluation.
2
Definitions
For the purposes of this unit standard, colonisation refers to the dominance of one
group over another. Its effects in Aotearoa New Zealand endure from before 1840
into contemporary society. These effects impact on current political, social, economic
and educational structures, which therefore impact on literacy and numeracy, and
their provision.
Educators refer to those people delivering adult literacy and numeracy education.
Learners refer to those people receiving adult literacy and numeracy education.
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SSB Code 130301
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NZQA registered unit standard
21191 version 3
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the history of the development of adult literacy and numeracy initiatives for adult
learners in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Description includes an outline of the history of adult literacy initiatives in
Aotearoa New Zealand.
1.2
Description identifies the effects of colonisation on the development of adult
literacy and numeracy initiatives.
1.3
Description includes a discussion of historical understandings of concepts and
definitions of literacy and numeracy in Aotearoa New Zealand.
1.4
Description identifies significant events in the development of adult initiatives.
1.5
Description includes an outline of the current range of provision.
Outcome 2
Describe the history and development of Māori literacy and numeracy to the present.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Description includes an outline of Māori literacy and numeracy pre-colonisation.
2.2
Description includes an outline of Māori literacy and numeracy initiatives and
issues post-colonisation.
Range
2.3
Māori literacy and numeracy initiatives – by Māori for Māori, from a
tikanga Māori perspective.
Description identifies the effects of colonisation on the history and development
of Māori literacy and numeracy to the present.
Outcome 3
Describe the reasons for, and the impact of low adult literacy and numeracy.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Description includes an analysis of the reasons for low adult literacy and
numeracy.
Range
3.2
reasons take account of Māori literacy and numeracy.
Description includes an analysis of the impact of low adult literacy and
numeracy.
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SSB Code 130301
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NZQA registered unit standard
3.3
21191 version 3
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Description of reasons and impact identifies the effects of colonisation on low
adult literacy and numeracy levels.
Outcome 4
Identify and describe specialist services and resources that support adult literacy and
numeracy educators and learners.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Identification includes a description of services and resources that support adult
literacy educators and relate to learner literacy and numeracy needs.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
23 September 2005
N/A
Review
2
21 May 2010
N/A
Rollover and
Revision
3
20 June 2013
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0045
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.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
21191 version 3
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016