NZQA Expiring unit standard
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Title
Demonstrate and apply knowledge of Social Sciences in the New
Zealand Curriculum
Level
6
Credits
20
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: analyse the
principles and structure of Social Sciences in the New Zealand
Curriculum; plan and implement learning sequences in a school
context to meet the achievement objectives of Social Sciences
in the New Zealand Curriculum; and critique learning
sequences based on Social Sciences in the New Zealand
Curriculum.
Classification
Teacher Education > Teaching
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Candidates assessed against this unit standard must demonstrate a standard of
performance that is consistent with the National Education Guidelines, Learning
Media Limited, Ministry of Education, Wellington, 2009; and Special Education Policy
Guidelines, Ministry of Education, Wellington, 2012.
2
References
The New Zealand Curriculum, Learning Media Limited, Ministry of Education,
Wellington, 2007.
Any approved nationally developed material designed to support the implementation
of the New Zealand Curriculum.
3
This unit standard is
Legislation relevant to this unitexpiring
standard includes: Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
4
Knowledge about how students learn Social Sciences in the New Zealand Curriculum
is sourced in education literature or professional practice.
5
Definition
Effective pedagogy means teacher actions promoting student learning. These
include but are not limited to those described in the New Zealand Curriculum:
creating a supportive learning environment, encouraging reflective thought and
action, enhancing the relevance of new learning, facilitating shared learning, making
connections to prior learning and experience, providing sufficient opportunities to
learn, and teaching as inquiry.
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SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8748 version 6
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Analyse the principles and structure of Social Sciences in the New Zealand Curriculum.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Analysis explains how Social Sciences in the New Zealand Curriculum
contributes to the development of key competencies for learners.
1.2
Analysis explains the relationships between the strands and the achievement
objectives by level for this learning area in the New Zealand Curriculum.
Range
strands – Identity, Culture and Organisation; Place and
Environment; Continuity and Change; Economic World.
Outcome 2
Plan and implement learning sequences in a school context to meet the achievement
objectives of Social Sciences in the New Zealand Curriculum.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Learning sequences and teaching strategies in Social Sciences are planned
and implemented consistent with at least three examples of effective pedagogy
described in the New Zealand Curriculum.
2.2
Planning for learning sequences incorporates language strategies designed to
meet the language demands of Social Sciences in the New Zealand Curriculum.
This unit standard is
expiring
Range
language demands include – the specialised vocabulary
associated with this learning area; how to read and understand its
texts; how to communicate knowledge and ideas in appropriate
ways; how to listen and read critically, assessing the value of what
is heard and read.
2.3
Organisation for, and implementation of, learning sequences and teaching
strategies are consistent with health and safety requirements.
2.4
Resources to support planned learning sequences have the potential to have a
positive impact on student learning in Social Sciences.
Range
resources include those that – are relevant, are inclusive, engage
students, connect to students’ prior learning experience.
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Assessment practices to support planned learning sequences are consistent
with characteristics of effective assessment.
Range
practices include the selection of forms of assessment and
assessment resources;
effective assessment includes assessment that – benefits
students, involves students, supports teaching and learning goals,
is planned and communicated, is suited to the purpose, is valid
and fair.
Outcome 3
Critique learning sequences based on Social Sciences in the New Zealand Curriculum.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Critique examines own teaching approaches in relation to knowledge about how
students learn Social Sciences in the New Zealand Curriculum.
own teaching approaches may include – sequencing of instruction,
actions to support learning, student opportunities for practice.
Range
3.2
Critique examines the extent to which the achievement objectives were met
through the planned learning sequences.
3.3
Own teaching of Social Sciences in the New Zealand Curriculum is evaluated
using the teaching as inquiry model for effective pedagogy.
3.4
Critique examines how own teaching of Social Sciences in the New Zealand
Curriculum is modified on the basis of experience.
This unit standard is
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out
below.
expiring
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Revision
Revision
Review
Rollover and
Revision
1
2
3
4
23 January 1998
20 March 2001
20 April 2004
17 April 2009
31 December 2012
31 December 2012
31 December 2012
31 December 2012
5
19 July 2012
31 December 2016
Review
6
20 August 2015
31 December 2016
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SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8748 version 6
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0074
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016