NZQA registered unit standard
12352 version 6
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Title
Describe aspects of one's own lineage, heritage, and cultural identity
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe
aspects of lineage, heritage, and cultural identity in relation to
self.
Classification
Core Generic > Self-Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Content related to this unit standard may be of a highly personal nature. It is advised
that full and clear consent of people is obtained before they participate in any
associated learning and/or assessment. For this reason it is recommended that this
unit standard not be used as a prerequisite for any other unit standard or as a
compulsory component of a course.
2
Definitions
Heritage – matters from the past which have ongoing and special importance for
oneself in the present.
Culture and cultural – pertaining to a group’s commonly held and evolving set of
practices, beliefs, and values that influence individual members’ perception of the
world.
A people – a group that is definable in terms of generally shared characteristics,
which may include race, origin, language, culture, and social relationships.
3
Attention is drawn to the following unit standard which may complement or provide
an alternative to, this unit standard:
Unit 4247, Describe general characteristics of peoples in New Zealand.
4
The following legislation and subsequent amendments provide reference, where
needed, for this unit standard:
Privacy Act 1993.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe aspects of lineage and heritage in relation to self.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Description identifies own traceable lineage to at least three generations.
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1.2
Description identifies a factor in family history that has a current impact and
describes the impact on self.
Range
1.3
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factor may include but is not limited to one of – a belief, a loyalty, a
socio-economic factor, an educational factor, a pattern or event, a
vocational factor, health.
Description identifies an event, at least ten years before one’s birth, that has
impact in the present, and identifies the effect of the event on self.
Range
event may include but is not limited to one of – cultural, social,
economic, political, technological, emotional, physical.
Outcome 2
Describe aspects of cultural identity in relation to self.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Description identifies own connections to a people or peoples to which one is
related by ‘blood’ and/or to a group in society that shares a common cultural
bond.
2.2
Description identifies three cultural characteristics that are general to one’s own
cultural identity in terms of their application to self.
2.3
Description provides two examples that illustrate the expression of one’s own
cultural identity.
Range
examples may include but are not limited to – recreation, artistic
expression, celebrations, food.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 531.
Planned review date
31 December 2018
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 March 1998
31 December 2014
Revision
2
10 March 2005
31 December 2014
Review
3
16 July 2010
31 December 2014
Revision
4
15 March 2012
31 December 2015
Review
5
17 July 2014
N/A
Rollover
6
18 June 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0023
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.
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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