NZQA registered unit standard
18783 version 4
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Title
Develop and evaluate learning resources for Pasifika children in an
ECE service
Level
5
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard, in the context of an
early childhood education (ECE) service, are able to: describe
learning resources appropriate for Pasifika children and how to
access them; develop resources for a learning programme for
Pasifika children; and use the developed resources in an ECE
service and evaluate their contribution to Pasifika children’s
learning.
Classification
Pacific Islands Early Childhood Education > Pacific Early
Childhood Education: Curriculum
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 23413, Make and use Pacific Island resources for play and
learning activities in an early childhood education setting.
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard is intended for those who are student teachers, trainee managers,
or supervisors of Pasifika children in an ECE service.
2
People seeking credit for this unit standard will be required to show that their
demonstration of the evidence requirements arises from teaching and/or practicum
experience in an ECE service, through observing and implementing current ECE
curriculum legislative requirements.
3
Definitions
An early childhood education (ECE) service may include a centre-based service,
hospital-based service, or home-based service. The home-based service may be
nominated by the child’s parent, be the child’s own home, or the home of the
educator.
Learning resources may include human, audio, visual, or written. These will be
readily available, cost effective, and consistent with children’s culture.
Pasifika children are pre-school members of Pasifika communities in New Zealand,
and may include but are not limited to: Cook Islands Māori, Fijian, Niuean, Samoan,
Tokelauan, Tongan, Tuvaluan.
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Three 'broad age groups' are defined in Te Whāriki for children. These are
overlapping age categories and are defined as:
infant – birth to 18 months;
toddler – one year to three years;
young child – two and a half years to school entry age.
4
Legislation includes but is not limited to:
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
Vulnerable Children Act 2014
and subsequent amendments.
5
References
Ministry of Education, Te Whāriki: He Whāriki Mātauranga mō ngā Mokopuna o
Aotearoa. Early Childhood Curriculum (Wellington, Learning Media, 1996); available
at http://www.education.govt.nz/early-childhood/teaching-and-learning/ececurriculum.
Ministry of Education, Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for Learning: Early Childhood
Exemplars – Books 1-20 (Wellington: Learning Media, 2004-2009); available at
http://www.education.govt.nz/early-childhood/teaching-and-learning/ececurriculum/assessment-for-learning/.
Ministry of Education, Developing programmes for teaching Pacific Islands
languages, (Wellington: Learning Media, 2000).
Ministry of Education – Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI), Pasifika languages and resources,
available at http://pasifika.tki.org.nz/Pasifika-languages.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe learning resources for Pasifika children and how to access them.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Learning resources are identified and described in terms of their value to the
learning and development of Pasifika children.
Range
1.2
evidence of three types of learning resources is required for each
of infants, toddlers, and young children.
Resources that are available to an ECE service at no cost are identified.
Range
evidence of three different resources available at no cost is
required.
Outcome 2
Develop resources for a learning programme for Pasifika children.
Range
at least three resources – one suitable for use with infants, one suitable for use
with toddlers and one suitable for use with young children.
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Resources are planned and developed appropriate to the children in an
established learning programme for Pasifika children.
2.2
The developed resources meet health and safety requirements.
Outcome 3
Use the developed resources in an ECE service and evaluate their contribution to Pasifika
children’s learning.
Range
at least three resources – one suitable for use with infants, one suitable for use
with toddlers and one suitable for use with young children.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The developed resources are used with the age group for which they are
intended.
3.2
Evaluation of resources includes observation of their use to establish whether
they stimulate language, challenge, choice, and decision-making by Pasifika
children.
3.3
Evaluation includes feedback from Pasifika children, their families and staff of
the ECE service about how resources extended Pasifika children’s learning.
3.4
Evaluation includes reflection on the planning, development and utilisation of
the resources.
3.5
Evaluation includes identification of possible improvements in the developed
resources or in their utilisation, and suggestions for further associated
resources that contribute to ongoing learning.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 August 2002
31 December 2016
Review
2
9 December 2010
31 December 2017
Revision
3
8 December 2011
N/A
Rollover and
Revision
4
20 August 2015
N/A
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.
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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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