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Adult Education and Training and Generic Education and Training unit standards
Current reviews
There are no current reviews of unit standards in the Adult Education and Training, and the Generic Education and Training subfields.
Upcoming reviews
The next reviews of unit standards in the Adult Education and Training, and the Generic Education and Training subfields are scheduled to take place in 2021 and 2022. Where appropriate, these reviews will be informed by the review of relevant New Zealand qualifications which are being reviewed in 2020 (see below).
Resources and links
The Adult Education and Training, and the Generic Education and Training subfields contain the following listed domains which can be searched for individual unit standards:
- Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education
- Delivery of Adult Education and Training
- Design and Development of Adult Education and Training
- Evaluation in Adult Education and Training
- Management of Adult Education and Training
- Assessment of Learning
- Open, Flexible, and Networked Learning
- Research in Education
Standards in both subfields can provide-pathways for the following qualifications:
- New Zealand Certificate in Assessment Practice (Level 4) [Ref: 2752]
- New Zealand Certificate in Assessment (Advanced Practitioner) (Level 6) [Ref: 2753]
- New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 4) [Ref: 2746]
- New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 5) [Ref: 2993]
- New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) (Level 5) [Ref: 2754]
- New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Educator) (Level 5) [Ref: 2755]
The following landscape documents for these qualifications show how the listed standards align with their respective graduate profile outcomes:
- Landscape: New Zealand Certificate in Assessment Practice (Level 4) (PDF, 353KB)
- Landscape: New Zealand Certificate in Assessment (Advanced Practitioner) (Level 6) (PDF, 345KB)
- Landscape: New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 4) (PDF, 50KB)
- Landscape: New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 5) (PDF, 80KB)
- Landscape: New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) (Level 5) and New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Educator).
Assessment support material and resources are available for selected standards in the following domains:
- Design and Development of Adult Education and Training
- Delivery of Adult Education and Training
- Assessment of Learning
Completed reviews
June 2018 – Review, revision and rollover of Assessment of Learning unit standards
Details are available in the change reports for the June 2018 Review and rollover of Assessment of Learning unit standards and the June 2018 Revision and Rollover of Assessment of Learning unit standard 4098.
January 2017 – Review of Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education, Adult Education and Training and Generic education and Training unit standards
Details are available in the change reports for the January 2017 Review and development of Adult Education and Training and Generic Education and Training unit standards and the earlier but related September 2016 Review of Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education unit standards .
In 2016 and 2017, the standards contained in the Adult Education and Training and Generic Education and Training subfields were comprehensively reviewed. A key outcome of these reviews was to provide unit standards-based pathways into relevant New Zealand qualifications in Assessment Practice, Adult and Tertiary Teaching, and Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education.
Contact
For more information and/or comments regarding these unit standards, please email: nqs@nzqa.govt.nz.