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Title
Reflect critically on own teaching
Level
7
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to explain own
developing philosophy of teaching and learning, and evaluate
own approaches to teaching and learning.
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
Definitions
Knowledge refers to information sourced in education literature and observation of
practice.
Teaching as inquiry refers to the teacher action described in The New Zealand
Curriculum, Learning Media Limited, Ministry of Education, Wellington, 2007.
Effectiveness of teaching and learning experiences refers to how well teacher actions
created a supportive learning environment, encouraged reflective thought and action,
enhanced the relevance of new learning, facilitated shared learning, made
connections to prior learning and experience, and provided sufficient opportunities to
learn.
This unit standard is
expiring
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain own developing philosophy of teaching and learning.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Explanation identifies origins of own beliefs about effective teaching and
learning.
1.2
Explanation analyses own beliefs and attitudes in relation to knowledge about
beliefs and attitudes associated with effective learning and teaching.
1.3
Explanation examines implications of own beliefs and attitudes.
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may include such factors as – selection of teaching approaches,
control of own bias and perspectives, implications for working with
different types of students, implications for working within different
school systems, interactions with colleagues.
Range
Outcome 2
Evaluate own approaches to teaching and learning.
Range
includes teaching as inquiry.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Evaluation articulates effectiveness of own teaching style in relation to context.
may include – nature of school, nature of the students, number of
students, content of instruction, time of day.
Range
2.2
Evaluation articulates effectiveness of teaching and learning experiences for all
students.
2.3
Own attitudes in relation to personal achievements and towards on-going
professional development are analysed in relation to knowledge about attitudes
associated with the teacher as a learner.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Revision
Revision
This
unit
standard
is2012
1
21
August 1997
31 December
2
20 March 2001
31 December 2012
expiring
3
20 April 2004
31 December 2012
Review
4
17 April 2009
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
5
19 July 2012
31 December 2016
Review
6
20 August 2015
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0074
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016