NZQA registered unit standard
12657 version 5
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Title
Describe and implement Fijian culture, and styles of learning in a
Fijian early childhood service
Level
5
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
and implement traditional Fijian culture in a Fijian early
childhood service; and describe, implement, and demonstrate
the Fijian style of learning, and act as a role model in a learning
situation.
Classification
Pacific Islands Early Childhood Education > Fiji: Na I Taukei
Mai Viti
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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Definitions
A Fijian early childhood service is a culture specific service responsible for all aspects
of the child’s development.
Service may include but is not limited to – early childhood centres, home based early
childhood educational programmes.
Fijian traditions refer to the traditional way that things are done.
Fijian way refers to the way things are done according to cultural traditions which are
handed down through generations.
2
All outcomes and evidence requirements must be in accordance with any policies,
procedures, standards, and requirements of the organisation involved, and with the
following:
Children, Young Persons, and their Families Act 1989;
Education Act 1989;
Human Rights Act 1993;
Privacy Act 1993;
Education (Early Childhood Centres) Regulations 1998;
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008;
Education (Home-Based Care) Order 1992.
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References may include but are not limited to:
Ministry of Education, Te Whāriki, He Whāriki Mātauranga mō ngā Mokopuna o
Aotearoa: Early Childhood Curriculum (Wellington: Learning Media, 1996).
Ministry of Education, Quality in action: Te mahi whai hua: Implementing the revised
statement of desirable objectives and practices in New Zealand early childhood
services (Wellington: Learning Media, 1998).
Ministry of Education, The quality journey: He haerenga whai hua. Improving quality
in early childhood services (Wellington: Learning Media, 1999).
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Ministry of Education, Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for learning: Early Childhood
Exemplars (Wellington: Learning Media, 2007).
Ministry of Education, Developing programmes for teaching Pacific Islands
languages (Wellington: Learning Media, 2000).
Ministry of Education, Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017 (Wellington: Ministry of
Education, 2012).
Ministry of Education, The New Zealand Curriculum (Wellington: Learning Media,
2007).
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe and implement traditional Fijian culture in a Fijian early childhood service.
Range
includes but is not limited to – dress, behaviour, language.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Description of culture is in terms of Fijian traditions.
1.2
Implementation is in the traditional Fijian way.
Outcome 2
Describe, implement, and demonstrate the Fijian style of learning, and act as a role model
in a learning situation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The Fijian style of learning in terms of the customary teaching methods and the
way resources are used is described and implemented in an early childhood
service.
2.2
The Fijian role model is demonstrated in terms of dress, behaviour, and
traditional Fijian ways of doing things in an early childhood service.
Planned review date
31 December 2017
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SSB Code 130301
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NZQA registered unit standard
12657 version 5
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 April 1998
31 December 2013
Revision
2
16 January 2003
31 December 2013
Revision
3
16 August 2005
31 December 2013
Review
4
21 November 2008
31 December 2015
Rollover and
Revision
5
21 March 2013
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0157
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Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
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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.
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