NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of human sexuality
Level
1
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
human sexuality; describe choices and implications in relation
to sexual expression; and describe factors that contribute to
safe sex.
Classification
Core Generic > Self-Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Any learning or assessment associated with this unit standard must comply with the
Education Amendment Act 1985 and/or the Human Rights Act 1993, and should be
conducted in a safe environment for the learner and/or candidate.
2
The following publication provides information about legal parameters within which
sexual choice may be exercised:
Pawson, M, Youth and the Law: A Comprehensive Guide to the Law Relating to
Young People, from Birth to Adulthood (Wellington: Educational Resources for Legal
Resources Trust, 2002).
3
Definition
Heterosexism – prejudice and antagonism shown by heterosexual persons towards
homosexuals; discrimination against homosexuals.
4
Because of the content of this unit standard, attention of assessors is drawn to the
requirements of the Privacy Act 1993.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe human sexuality.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Description identifies aspects of sexual anatomy and physiology, including
sexual response, and identifies physical and emotional aspects of sexuality,
including desire and arousal.
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Description provides an overview of the human reproductive process.
Range
conception, gestation, birth.
1.3
Description identifies diverse attitudes and values towards sexual expression.
1.4
Description identifies sexual identities, orientations, and behaviours.
Range
1.5
may include but are not limited to – heterosexual, homosexual
(gay and lesbian), transgender, bisexual.
Description identifies pressures, influences, and social expectations concerning
sexuality.
Range
pressures – may include but are not limited to pressures related to
sexual activity and/or abstinence;
influences – may include but are not limited to social, media,
cultural, legal, religious;
social expectations – may include but are not limited to social
expectations in relation to gender roles and heterosexism.
Outcome 2
Describe choices and implications in relation to sexual expression.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Description identifies potential consequences of sexual expression for personal
and social relationships, emotional wellbeing, and physical wellbeing.
2.2
Description identifies options, and the implications of these options, following
pregnancy.
Range
2.3
continue the pregnancy, leading to parenting the child, or
adoption, or co-guardianship;
terminate the pregnancy.
Description identifies legal parameters within which sexual choice may be
exercised.
Range
may include but is not limited to – consent, age of consent, access
to contraception, incest.
2.4
Description outlines strategies for communicating and asserting choices in
terms of sexual expression, without infringing the rights of others.
2.5
Description identifies the implications of choices in terms of sexual behaviour.
Range
may include but are not limited to – masturbation, vaginal sex,
anal sex, oral sex, abstinence.
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Outcome 3
Describe factors that contribute to safe sex.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Description identifies personal and interpersonal factors that contribute to a safe
sexual relationship.
may include but is not limited to – trust, communication, openness,
honesty, self-esteem, power balance, respect, mutual consent.
Range
3.2
Description indicates an awareness of strategies for negotiating with a partner
about safer sex.
strategies include but are not limited to – assertiveness, resisting
pressure, mutual consent.
Range
3.3
Description identifies sexually transmissible infections and identifies sources of
assistance for advice and/or treatment.
3.4
Practices are described that reduce the risk of unintended pregnancy and
sexually transmissible infections, including HIV.
practices include but are not limited to – use of condoms,
abstinence, non-penetrative sexual behaviour, having a sexual
health check.
Range
Replacement information
Planned review date
This unit standard replaced unit standard 547.
31 December 2018
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 March 1998
31 December 2015
Revision
2
10 March 2005
31 December 2015
Review
3
16 July 2010
N/A
Rollover
4
18 June 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0023
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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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.
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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