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Title / Demonstrate knowledge of aspects of communication with Pasifika children in an ECE service
Level / 5 / Credits / 5
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard, in the context of an early childhood education (ECE) service, are able to: identify and discuss aspects of communication with Pasifika children; and discuss a documented communication scenario involving Pasifika children.
Classification / Pacific Islands Early Childhood Education > Pacific Early Childhood Education: Curriculum
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 This unit standard is intended for those who are trainee as managers, or supervisors of Pasifika children in ECE services.
2 Three 'broad age groups' are defined in Te Whāriki for children. These are overlapping age categories and aredefined 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 at least one category or a group from any category, or across the categories is required in this unit standard.
3 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 in this unit standard.
4 Communication may include:
verbal – spoken word, songs, stories, poems, chants, questions, descriptions, prayer;
non-verbal – body language;
symbols – written, graphics, visual, spiritual.
5 The Standards Setting Body for Pacific Islands Early Childhood Education unit standards (NZQA) has determined particular requirements for teaching and/or practicum experiences. These requirements apply to this unit standard, encompass and augment the New Zealand Teachers Council requirements for practical experiences, and are stated in CMR 0182.
6 Definitions
Documented communication refers to visual recordings of Pasifika children interacting and communicating with each other and with adults.
Pasifika children are pre-school members of Pasifika communities in New Zealand, and may include but are not limited to – Cook Islands Māori, Fijian, Niuean, Samoan, Tokelauan, Tongan, Tuvaluan.
7 Legislation includes but is not limited to:
Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008
Privacy Act 1993
Vulnerable Children Act 2014
and subsequent amendments.
8 References
Education Council New Zealand, The Education Council Code of Ethics for Certificated Teachers; available at http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/content/code-of-ethics-certificated-teachers.
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/ece-curriculum.
Ministry of Education, Kei Tua o te Pae/Assessment for Learning: Early Childhood Exemplars – Book 14 (Wellington: Learning Media, 2004-2009), available at http://www.education.govt.nz/early-childhood/teaching-and-learning/ece-curriculum/assessment-for-learning/.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify and discuss aspects of communication with Pasifika children in an ECE service.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Components in the communication process with Pasifika children are identified in terms of their function.
Range components include – sender, receiver, context, medium, method, decoder, message.
1.2 Verbal and non-verbal aspects of communication with Pasifika children, unique to Pasifika cultures, are discussed in terms of their impact on communication.
Range evidence of two verbal and two non-verbal aspects of communication are required.
1.3 Enablers to effective communication with Pasifika children are discussed in terms of a Pasifika context.
1.4 Barriers to effective communication with Pasifika children are discussed in terms of a Pasifika context.
Outcome 2
Discuss a documented communication scenario involving Pasifika children in an ECE service.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Enablers and barriers are identified in the scenario and discussed in terms of effective communication between Pasifika children, and Pasifika children and adults.
2.2 Strategies for improving communication are discussed in terms of the components identified in the documented scenario.
Planned review date / 31 December 2019Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for Assessment /Registration / 1 / 9 December 2010 / 31 December 2017
Revision / 2 / 8 December 2011 / N/A
Rollover and Revision / 3 / 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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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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NZQA National Qualifications ServicesSSB Code 130301 / Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2015