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Review of Performing Arts Technology unit standard 12822

 

Subfield

Domain

ID

Performing Arts General

Performing Arts Technology

12822

 

NZQA National Qualifications Services (NQS) has completed the review of the unit standard listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                          November 2010

 

Planned review date                                                                           December 2015

 

Summary

 

This review only deals with the one level 1 standard in the Performing Arts Technology domain.  Unit standards at Levels 2 and 3 will be reviewed in 2011 and 2012 respectively.

 

The review and development of a suite of Performing Arts Technology unit standards was discussed and agreed by the NZQA/Ministry of Education joint Overview Working Group overseeing the review and alignment of standards with the New Zealand Curriculum 2007.

 

The group envisaged that these unit standards would provide flexibility for assessment programmes for Senior Secondary students in performing arts disciplines and would also be accessible to a number of other user groups, including tertiary students and the performing arts sector.  As the outcomes of these standards were not derived from the New Zealand Curriculum 2007 the standards were developed as unit standards.

 

In December 2008, a review panel comprising representatives from Toi Whakaari, Entertainment Technology New Zealand, Tai Poutini Polytechnic (MAINZ), Māori Performing Arts Whakaruruhau, Pacific Institute of Performing Arts (BEST Training), Drama New Zealand, Dance Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ), Music Education New Zealand Aotearoa (MENZA), along with NZQA and the Ministry of Education, met to develop a matrix of unit standards for Performing Arts Technology at Levels 1-3.

 

The panel also considered the inclusion of merit and excellence grades in the standards and identified outcomes that could meaningfully allow for a differentiation of performance within the standard.  Draft standards were developed and then further refined at a meeting in July 2009.  The development was then deferred while the review of the criteria for registration of unit standards was completed by NZQA.

 

The project resumed in June 2010 with a workshop to develop assessment support material for the standards containing merit and excellence grades.  Final drafts of the standards were published on the NZQA website for national consultation through July 2010.

 

Main changes

 

·      Unit standard 12822 was designated expiring and will not be replaced.  Providers may consider achievement standards 90941 (Science 1.2) and 90942 (Science 1.3) from domain Science Core as alternatives.

 

The category D unit standard will expire at the end of December 2012

 

Impact on registered qualifications

 

Key to type of impact

Affected

The qualification lists a reviewed classification (domain or subfield) in an elective set

The qualification lists a standard that has changes to level or credits

The qualification lists a C or D category standard

Not materially affected

The qualification lists a standard that has a new title

The qualification lists a standard that has a new classification

 

The following NQS qualification is impacted by the outcome of this review and will be updated when it is next reviewed in 2011.  The standard that generated the status Affected is listed below.

 

Ref

Qualification Title

ID

0612

National Certificate in Performing Arts Technology (Level 2)

12822

 

Detailed list of unit standards - classification, title, level, and credits

 

All changes are in bold.

 

Key to review category

A

Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number

B

Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number

C

Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new ID

D

Standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Arts and Crafts > Performing Arts General > Performing Arts Technology

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

12822

 

90941*

 

90942*

Explain rudimentary principles of sound and electronics in relation to performing arts technology

Investigate implications of electricity and magnetism for everyday life

Investigate implications of wave behaviour for everyday life

1

 

1

 

1

2

 

4

 

4

D

26686

Demonstrate and apply knowledge of simple stage lighting for a performance context

1

4

New

26687

Demonstrate and apply knowledge of sound technology for a performance context

1

4

New

26688

Demonstrate knowledge and techniques of make-up application for a performance context

1

4

New

26689

Demonstrate knowledge of costuming for a performance context

1

3

New

26690

Construct item(s) to meet production needs for a performance context from a given brief

1

3

New

26691

Assist in a performing arts production by undertaking a specified production role

1

2

New

* Recommended alternative achievement standards from Science subfield.