NZQA registered unit standard
18782 version 4
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Title
Assess a Pasifika child's learning in an ECE service
Level
7
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard, in the context of an
early childhood education (ECE) service, are able to: critically
examine the purpose, principles, procedures and best practice
for assessment of a Pasifika child’s learning; select, apply, and
justify assessment procedures appropriate to assessing
aspects of learning observed in a Pasifika child; analyse and
use assessment data gathered during the assessment of a
Pasifika child’s learning; and reflect on the effectiveness of the
assessment procedures for a Pasifika child’s learning.
Classification
Pacific Islands Early Childhood Education > Pacific Early
Childhood Education: Curriculum
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 18781, Demonstrate knowledge of observation methods
that support Pasifika children's learning in an ECE service.
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard is intended for those who are practising teachers, student
teachers, trainee managers, or supervisors of Pasifika children in an ECE service.
2
The assessment procedures must be carried out in an ECE service attended by
Pasifika children.
3
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.
Evidence of one age category is required in this unit standard.
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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.
Evidence of one type of service is required for this unit standard.
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Types of assessment of the child’s learning experiences may include self
assessment, peer assessment, informal and formal assessment, Pasifika
family/community based assessment, summative assessment, formative
assessment; providing the selection conforms with current early childhood practice.
6
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 Te Whāriki and
current legislative requirements relating to curriculum.
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Definitions
A Pasifika child is a pre-school member of a Pasifika community in New Zealand, and
may include but are not limited to: Cook Islands Māori, Fijian, Niuean, Samoan,
Tokelauan, Tongan, Tuvaluan.
PIES development refers to the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social
milestones in the development of children.
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Legislation includes but is not limited to:
Children, Young Persons, and their Families Act 1989
Education Act 1989
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
Human Rights Act 1993
Privacy Act 1993
Vulnerable Children Act 2014
and subsequent amendments.
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References
Education Council New Zealand, The Education Council Code of Ethics for
Certificated Teachers; available at http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/content/codeof-ethics-certificated-teachers.
Education Council New Zealand, Practising Teacher Criteria; available at
http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/rtc.
Hamer, C. Observation: a tool for learning Te Tirohanga, he taonga awhina it e ako
(Wellington, Open Polytechnic,1999).
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 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.
Mutch, C. Doing educational research: A practitioner’s guide to getting started.
(Wellington: NZCER Press, 2005).
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Critically examine the purpose, principles, procedures and best practice for assessment of
a Pasifika child’s learning in an ECE service.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Purpose and principles of assessment of a Pasifika child’s learning are defined
in terms of current ECE legislative requirements relating to curriculum.
1.2
Appropriate procedures and best practice for assessment of a Pasifika child’s
learning are described and justified in terms of current ECE legislative
requirements and guiding documents.
1.3
Formal and informal assessment of a Pasifika child’s learning is discussed in
terms of early childhood educational practice.
1.4
Methods of best practice assessment of a Pasifika child’s learning, that
acknowledge the different social, ethical, ethnic and cultural backgrounds of an
individual child, are identified, discussed and justified.
Outcome 2
Select, apply and justify assessment procedures appropriate to assessing aspects of
learning observed in a Pasifika child in an ECE service.
Range
aspects of learning may include but are not limited to – skills and knowledge,
disposition, working theories, interests and strengths, social roles and identities,
PIES development, child’s self assessment, culturally valued literacy;
evidence of two different aspects of learning is required;
evidence of three different assessment procedures is required.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Aspects of learning are identified through the observation of a Pasifika child.
Range
identification of three different aspects of learning is required.
2.2
Assessment procedures appropriate to the identified aspects of learning for a
Pasifika child are selected, applied and justified in accordance with current
philosophies, policies, and practices of national and ECE guidelines.
2.3
Assessment procedures selected and applied are relevant to the learning and
development needs of a Pasifika child. These acknowledge and build on a
Pasifika child’s cultural knowledge.
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Outcome 3
Analyse and use assessment data gathered during the assessment of a Pasifika child’s
learning in an ECE service.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Analysis of data identifies a Pasifika child’s generic learning and development
progress against learning outcomes.
3.2
Opportunities to strengthen a Pasifika child’s ongoing learning are identified as
a result of the analysis of the gathered data.
Outcome 4
Reflect on the effectiveness of the assessment procedures for a Pasifika child’s learning in
an ECE service.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The assessment procedures are reflected on in terms of the impact on a
Pasifika child’s learning.
4.2
The assessment procedures are reflected on in terms of changes in personal
understanding of a Pasifika child.
4.3
The assessment procedures are reflected on in terms of their cultural
appropriateness for assessing the learning outcomes of a Pasifika child.
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
0182
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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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
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