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  • What is Social Studies about?
  • Big Ideas and Significant Learning
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    What is Social Studies about?

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    • Transcript: In conversation with Maria Perreau Michael Cabral-Tarry Desiree Hughes Transcript to come. Edit as a contentauthor (colinauthor)

    Subject-specific terms can be found in the glossary.

    Social Studies is about people — who they are, what they do, how they change, and what happens to them. The subject’s purpose is for ākonga to develop understanding, knowledge, and skills in relation to social, cultural, economic, and political processes. This enables ākonga to participate in society as critically informed, ethical, and empathetic citizens with a concern for and commitment to the wellbeing of whānau, hapū, iwi, hapori, and wider society. Social Studies emphasises experiences in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific region, and connectedness with the wider world. social inquiry and social action are integral to Social Studies.

    Social inquiry

    Across all levels, ākonga will engage in social inquiry to explore contemporary social issues and inform decision-making related to social actions. Social inquiry supports ākonga to develop knowledge and understandings related to the Big Ideas and Significant Learning. Social inquiry can inform and challenge ākonga to think critically about contemporary social issues and their impacts on people or places. It can also lead to ethical decision-making in relation to participation in social actions.

    Social inquiry is underpinned by culturally sustaining values and approaches that ākonga can engage with to ensure that inquiry occurs with ethical consideration. For example, ākonga may engage with Kaupapa Māori Research as an approach, framework, or methodology that emphasises whakawhanaungatanga and relationship-building with people at the centre of a social issue. Ākonga may also choose to talanoa — an indigenous Pacific approach and research methodology — to bring people together, share stories, and understand the meaning that events have for participants without the pressure of a predetermined expectation for agreement.

    Using a social inquiry approach, ākonga will:

    • understand and use appropriate inquiry frameworks that are culturally sustaining and ethically sound
    • ask questions and gather information and background ideas to deepen conceptual understanding with attention to mātauranga Māori and Pacific knowledges
    • explore and analyse values and perspectives related to societal ideas and issues
    • consider the ways in which people make decisions and participate in social action
    • suggest possible solutions, resolutions, and responses that may be required
    • reflect on and evaluate the understandings they have developed
    • reflect on their positionality to acknowledge the impact their position (background) has on research and potential bias.

    Social action

    Across all levels, ākonga should be provided with the opportunity to participate in social action in relation to a contemporary social issue. Through Social Studies processes, practices, and skills, ākonga will learn how to research, evaluate the integrity of sources, communicate, reason, argue, and make decisions about a social action. Ākonga can collaborate with others to make informed decisions and create solutions for social issues, drawing on multiple perspectives to ensure solutions are ethical, just, and inclusive.

    At the centre of social action is participation. It includes one’s personal agency and actions, and understanding of others’ agency and actions, whether individual or collective. At the wider societal level, participation includes citizenship actions undertaken to engage in the life of a community, nation, or beyond.

    Through participation, ākonga gain deeper conceptual, critical, and affective understanding about how society operates. Ākonga can collaborate with their peers and engage with whānau, hapū, iwi, and hapori to support their understanding of how to respond to contemporary social issues in culturally sustaining ways. Learning to nurture the vā supports ākonga to appreciate the diversity of people and their contexts. Nurturing the vā will encourage ākonga, who are participating in social action, to understand the need to protect those at the centre of a social issue.

    Subject-specific terms can be found in the glossary.

    Social Studies is about people — who they are, what they do, how they change, and what happens to them. The subject’s purpose is for ākonga to develop understanding, knowledge, and skills in relation to social, cultural, economic, and political processes. This enables ākonga to participate in society as critically informed, ethical, and empathetic citizens with a concern for and commitment to the wellbeing of whānau, hapū, iwi, hapori, and wider society. Social Studies emphasises experiences in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific region, and connectedness with the wider world. social inquiry and social action are integral to Social Studies.

    Social inquiry

    Across all levels, ākonga will engage in social inquiry to explore contemporary social issues and inform decision-making related to social actions. Social inquiry supports ākonga to develop knowledge and understandings related to the Big Ideas and Significant Learning. Social inquiry can inform and challenge ākonga to think critically about contemporary social issues and their impacts on people or places. It can also lead to ethical decision-making in relation to participation in social actions.

    Social inquiry is underpinned by culturally sustaining values and approaches that ākonga can engage with to ensure that inquiry occurs with ethical consideration. For example, ākonga may engage with Kaupapa Māori Research as an approach, framework, or methodology that emphasises whakawhanaungatanga and relationship-building with people at the centre of a social issue. Ākonga may also choose to talanoa — an indigenous Pacific approach and research methodology — to bring people together, share stories, and understand the meaning that events have for participants without the pressure of a predetermined expectation for agreement.

    Using a social inquiry approach, ākonga will:

    • understand and use appropriate inquiry frameworks that are culturally sustaining and ethically sound
    • ask questions and gather information and background ideas to deepen conceptual understanding with attention to mātauranga Māori and Pacific knowledges
    • explore and analyse values and perspectives related to societal ideas and issues
    • consider the ways in which people make decisions and participate in social action
    • suggest possible solutions, resolutions, and responses that may be required
    • reflect on and evaluate the understandings they have developed
    • reflect on their positionality to acknowledge the impact their position (background) has on research and potential bias.

    Social action

    Across all levels, ākonga should be provided with the opportunity to participate in social action in relation to a contemporary social issue. Through Social Studies processes, practices, and skills, ākonga will learn how to research, evaluate the integrity of sources, communicate, reason, argue, and make decisions about a social action. Ākonga can collaborate with others to make informed decisions and create solutions for social issues, drawing on multiple perspectives to ensure solutions are ethical, just, and inclusive.

    At the centre of social action is participation. It includes one’s personal agency and actions, and understanding of others’ agency and actions, whether individual or collective. At the wider societal level, participation includes citizenship actions undertaken to engage in the life of a community, nation, or beyond.

    Through participation, ākonga gain deeper conceptual, critical, and affective understanding about how society operates. Ākonga can collaborate with their peers and engage with whānau, hapū, iwi, and hapori to support their understanding of how to respond to contemporary social issues in culturally sustaining ways. Learning to nurture the vā supports ākonga to appreciate the diversity of people and their contexts. Nurturing the vā will encourage ākonga, who are participating in social action, to understand the need to protect those at the centre of a social issue.

    Big Ideas and Significant Learning

    This section outlines the meaning of, and connection between, the Big Ideas and Significant Learning, which together form the Learning Matrix. It then explains each Social Studies Big Idea.

    The Social Sciences Learning Area curriculum, including its whakatauākī, inform this subject’s Big Ideas and Significant Learning. The Learning Area’s whakatauākī is:

    Unuhia te rito o te harakeke kei whea te kōmako e kō?
    Whakatairangitia — rere ki uta, rere ki tai;
    Ui mai koe ki ahau he aha te mea nui o te ao,
    Māku e kī atu he tangata, he tangata, he tangata!

    Remove the heart of the flax bush and where will the kōmako sing?
    Proclaim it to the land, proclaim it to the sea;
    Ask me, “What is the greatest thing in the world?”
    I will reply, “It is people, people, people!”

    Nā, Meri Ngāroto, Te Aupōuri (1830s)

    For Social Studies, the whakatauākī asks kaiako and ākonga to think about what is the most significant thing, and what is important to whānau, hapū, iwi, hapori, and their whakapapa? The whakatauākī places emphasis on ideas of interconnectedness, social action, reciprocity, power, and leadership with a focus on responsibilities and obligations, participation, and protection.

    The whakatauākī can be used as a framework for social inquiry and social action. The kākano (seed), pakiaka (root system), and rito of the whakatauākī encourage ākonga to consider the intent and methodology of their social inquiry and social action.

    The subject’s Big Ideas and Significant Learning are collated into a Learning Matrix for Curriculum Level 6 and indicative learning for Levels 7 and 8. Kaiako can use the Learning Matrix as a tool to construct learning programmes that cover all the not-to-be-missed learning in Social Studies.

    There is no prescribed order to the Learning Matrix within each level. A programme of learning might begin with a context that is relevant to the local area of the school or an idea that ākonga are particularly interested in. This context or topic must relate to at least one Big Idea and may also link to other Big Ideas.

    There are three Big Ideas in Social Studies. The nature of this subject as a discipline means aspects of Significant Learning often cross over multiple Big Ideas, and vice versa.

    The Social Studies Big Ideas are connected through shared concepts relating to culture, identity, social organisation, and globalisation. At each level, Significant Learning aligns with several Big Ideas. Significant Learning can be grouped to explore social issues and ideas related to these. The Significant Learning enables rich engagement with mātauranga Māori, Pacific knowledges, and other knowledges, values, and lived experiences.

    This section outlines the meaning of, and connection between, the Big Ideas and Significant Learning, which together form the Learning Matrix. It then explains each Social Studies Big Idea.

    The Social Sciences Learning Area curriculum, including its whakatauākī, inform this subject’s Big Ideas and Significant Learning. The Learning Area’s whakatauākī is:

    Unuhia te rito o te harakeke kei whea te kōmako e kō?
    Whakatairangitia — rere ki uta, rere ki tai;
    Ui mai koe ki ahau he aha te mea nui o te ao,
    Māku e kī atu he tangata, he tangata, he tangata!

    Remove the heart of the flax bush and where will the kōmako sing?
    Proclaim it to the land, proclaim it to the sea;
    Ask me, “What is the greatest thing in the world?”
    I will reply, “It is people, people, people!”

    Nā, Meri Ngāroto, Te Aupōuri (1830s)

    For Social Studies, the whakatauākī asks kaiako and ākonga to think about what is the most significant thing, and what is important to whānau, hapū, iwi, hapori, and their whakapapa? The whakatauākī places emphasis on ideas of interconnectedness, social action, reciprocity, power, and leadership with a focus on responsibilities and obligations, participation, and protection.

    The whakatauākī can be used as a framework for social inquiry and social action. The kākano (seed), pakiaka (root system), and rito of the whakatauākī encourage ākonga to consider the intent and methodology of their social inquiry and social action.

    The subject’s Big Ideas and Significant Learning are collated into a Learning Matrix for Curriculum Level 6 and indicative learning for Levels 7 and 8. Kaiako can use the Learning Matrix as a tool to construct learning programmes that cover all the not-to-be-missed learning in Social Studies.

    There is no prescribed order to the Learning Matrix within each level. A programme of learning might begin with a context that is relevant to the local area of the school or an idea that ākonga are particularly interested in. This context or topic must relate to at least one Big Idea and may also link to other Big Ideas.

    There are three Big Ideas in Social Studies. The nature of this subject as a discipline means aspects of Significant Learning often cross over multiple Big Ideas, and vice versa.

    The Social Studies Big Ideas are connected through shared concepts relating to culture, identity, social organisation, and globalisation. At each level, Significant Learning aligns with several Big Ideas. Significant Learning can be grouped to explore social issues and ideas related to these. The Significant Learning enables rich engagement with mātauranga Māori, Pacific knowledges, and other knowledges, values, and lived experiences.

    Title: Cultures are dynamic and change through hononga and interaction 

    Big Idea Body:

    Ākonga bring their own identities, cultures, lived experiences, and knowledge to Social Studies. They are enabled via social inquiry, to apply their own lens and those of others to social issues, and to explore the causes and consequences of change.

    Social Studies considers identities and cultures in the broadest terms, encouraging wide exploration and promoting diversity and inclusion. Culture and identity are closely connected. Social Studies offers ākonga opportunities to examine the relationship between them, and how they are shaped by perspectives and worldviews, beliefs, and values, wairuatanga, and religion.

    Cultures and identities can change. Ākonga explore what change means for people and how it shapes society. Cultural interactions (anything from conversations to colonisation) and other factors, such as social, economic, political, religious, technological, and environmental factors, can cause change. However, people can also act as kaitiaki to protect and maintain their own and others’ culture and identities. This can lead to cultural continuity instead of change.

    Social Studies asks, what happens next? What does change or continuity mean for people, and how does it shape society? This opens the dialogue between kaiako and ākonga, creating a conversation about real life that ākonga experience, and enabling kaiako to perceive the world as their ākonga might.

    Ākonga can investigate and discuss complex ideas and concepts. This might include how cultural expression and status in a community or society can reflect aspects of power, privilege, and cultural dominance, and the impacts on minority groups.

    Big
    Idea

    Cultures are dynamic and change through hononga and interaction 

    Ākonga bring their own identities, cultures, lived experiences, and knowledge to Social Studies. They are enabled via social inquiry, to apply their own lens and those of others to social issues, and to explore the causes and consequences of change.

    Social Studies considers identities and cultures in the broadest terms, encouraging wide exploration and promoting diversity and inclusion. Culture and identity are closely connected. Social Studies offers ākonga opportunities to examine the relationship between them, and how they are shaped by perspectives and worldviews, beliefs, and values, wairuatanga, and religion.

    Cultures and identities can change. Ākonga explore what change means for people and how it shapes society. Cultural interactions (anything from conversations to colonisation) and other factors, such as social, economic, political, religious, technological, and environmental factors, can cause change. However, people can also act as kaitiaki to protect and maintain their own and others’ culture and identities. This can lead to cultural continuity instead of change.

    Social Studies asks, what happens next? What does change or continuity mean for people, and how does it shape society? This opens the dialogue between kaiako and ākonga, creating a conversation about real life that ākonga experience, and enabling kaiako to perceive the world as their ākonga might.

    Ākonga can investigate and discuss complex ideas and concepts. This might include how cultural expression and status in a community or society can reflect aspects of power, privilege, and cultural dominance, and the impacts on minority groups.

    Title: Societies are made up of diverse systems 

    Big Idea Body:

    Societies are developed through a range of diverse systems that have multiple impacts on the lives of people. Ākonga learn about social organisation in the past and present and consider implications and challenges for the future. They develop understanding of place in these societal systems, informed by their own lived experiences.

    This Big Idea can encompass a breadth of systems. Ākonga can examine political, economic, and justice systems. This Big Idea also gives opportunities to explore and compare social, cultural, traditional, and spiritual forms of decision-making systems.

    Decision-making is at the heart of this Big Idea. Ākonga will consider contested beliefs, values, perspectives, and worldviews that underpin people’s dispositions, actions, and decision making. Ākonga will learn how decision-making frameworks determine the roles and responsibilities, rights and obligations people have. Ākonga will examine the importance of nurturing vā in decision-making. In turn, they develop understanding of how these frameworks evolve and are shaped by values and beliefs, ideology, norms, and customs.

    Ākonga will develop understanding of the contested and controversial nature of concepts such as ‘rights’ and ‘justice’ in systems, and their relationship with past decisions and actions. They can explore how power, privilege, and control in decision-making are central to the impacts on people and their experiences. This Big Idea involves a critical examination of the challenges faced by people such as marginal groups, and barriers to participation.

    Ākonga will consider possible future change in social structures, through understanding, questioning, and critiquing the status quo. They will understand how they may be able to participate to influence decision-making, or bring about change that benefits the wellbeing of the collective, such as through social action, political engagement, or policy processes.

    Big
    Idea

    Societies are made up of diverse systems 

    Societies are developed through a range of diverse systems that have multiple impacts on the lives of people. Ākonga learn about social organisation in the past and present and consider implications and challenges for the future. They develop understanding of place in these societal systems, informed by their own lived experiences.

    This Big Idea can encompass a breadth of systems. Ākonga can examine political, economic, and justice systems. This Big Idea also gives opportunities to explore and compare social, cultural, traditional, and spiritual forms of decision-making systems.

    Decision-making is at the heart of this Big Idea. Ākonga will consider contested beliefs, values, perspectives, and worldviews that underpin people’s dispositions, actions, and decision making. Ākonga will learn how decision-making frameworks determine the roles and responsibilities, rights and obligations people have. Ākonga will examine the importance of nurturing vā in decision-making. In turn, they develop understanding of how these frameworks evolve and are shaped by values and beliefs, ideology, norms, and customs.

    Ākonga will develop understanding of the contested and controversial nature of concepts such as ‘rights’ and ‘justice’ in systems, and their relationship with past decisions and actions. They can explore how power, privilege, and control in decision-making are central to the impacts on people and their experiences. This Big Idea involves a critical examination of the challenges faced by people such as marginal groups, and barriers to participation.

    Ākonga will consider possible future change in social structures, through understanding, questioning, and critiquing the status quo. They will understand how they may be able to participate to influence decision-making, or bring about change that benefits the wellbeing of the collective, such as through social action, political engagement, or policy processes.

    Title: Global flows influence societies

    Big Idea Body:

    Global flows of ideas, people, and objects interact with and influence present societies and possible futures. In Social Studies, ākonga explore how we live in an interconnected world where global flows interact and impact people.

    Ākonga can explore key global social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental flows that influence places and societies. Some examples of global flows are migration, global indigenous movements, trade, industrialisation, and technological innovation.

    Ākonga can learn about different impacts and responses, including in relation to people’s identities, cultural practices, and beliefs. For example, ākonga will learn about the growing diversity of societies and communities due to increased flows of people, and different responses to growing multiculturalism.

    Global flows can influence conversations about different worldviews on globalisation and what it means to be a global citizen. Ākonga can explore what citizens of a nation can do to address global issues, such as international conflicts, climate change, and global pandemics. They will also consider how Māori and Pacific voices are heard, seen, and acted upon in response to global flows.

    Ākonga will develop skills and understanding in critiquing problem-solving and decision-making at the global level. This could include examining power, sovereignty, cultural dominance, and the ongoing impacts of colonisation. Ākonga will also consider possible futures in specific contexts and envision how they could come about.

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    Idea

    Global flows influence societies

    Global flows of ideas, people, and objects interact with and influence present societies and possible futures. In Social Studies, ākonga explore how we live in an interconnected world where global flows interact and impact people.

    Ākonga can explore key global social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental flows that influence places and societies. Some examples of global flows are migration, global indigenous movements, trade, industrialisation, and technological innovation.

    Ākonga can learn about different impacts and responses, including in relation to people’s identities, cultural practices, and beliefs. For example, ākonga will learn about the growing diversity of societies and communities due to increased flows of people, and different responses to growing multiculturalism.

    Global flows can influence conversations about different worldviews on globalisation and what it means to be a global citizen. Ākonga can explore what citizens of a nation can do to address global issues, such as international conflicts, climate change, and global pandemics. They will also consider how Māori and Pacific voices are heard, seen, and acted upon in response to global flows.

    Ākonga will develop skills and understanding in critiquing problem-solving and decision-making at the global level. This could include examining power, sovereignty, cultural dominance, and the ongoing impacts of colonisation. Ākonga will also consider possible futures in specific contexts and envision how they could come about.

    Key Competencies in Social Studies

    Developing Key Competencies through Social Studies

    New Zealand Curriculum Key Competencies align with key purposes of Social Studies, such as equipping students to be critically literate, active, and future-facing thinkers and citizens. These are inherent in social inquiry processes.

    Thinking

    Students of Social Studies will:

    • problem-solve by asking questions — such as what do we do about this issue? What are the challenges and possible responses?
    • use inquiry frameworks appropriately
    • engage in critical thinking and analysis — such as evaluating evidence, developing perspective thinking, and making informed decisions
    • think creatively — such as planning, considering personal and group action, and considering possible futures
    • interpret a range of resources, making meaning from research.

    Using language, symbols, and text

    Students of Social Studies will:

    • engage with oral and written language, and visual and audio media
    • access and communicate information in a variety of formats
    • develop multiple literacies — such as digital, popular culture, and media
    • use clear, logical writing with supporting evidence, multiple sources, and robust, ethical research skills
    • use diverse knowledges obtained and expressed in different ways
    • learn specific concepts and develop connected, conceptual understanding.

    Relating to others

    Students of Social Studies will:

    • understand principles of ako, mana whenua, and mana motuhake within kaupapa Māori
    • undertake authentic tasks where they can engage with families and communities
    • engage in social inquiry processes — exploring and understanding values, points of view and perspectives, valuing diversity, acting in a sensitive and ethical matter, and being aware of how their actions may affect others
    • develop their empathy, compassion, and respect.

    Managing self

    Students of Social Studies will:

    • develop increasing responsibility for managing own learning and choice — such as when using social inquiry frameworks
    • manage hauora, particularly in the context of challenging social issues
    • gain deep understandings of human society and skills to equip them as citizens
    • reflect on social issues and the (further) action or responses that may be required.

    Participating and contributing

    Students of Social Studies will:

    • actively engage in their learning and collaborate with others
    • practice active listening and focused dialogue, in a space where presented ideas are questioned and critiqued
    • use their learning in situations that matter to them, potentially bringing about change
    • engage in talanoa, wānanga, or discussion to develop critical and empathetic thinking as a community of learners.

    Key Competencies

    This section of The New Zealand Curriculum Online offers specific guidance to school leaders and teachers on integrating the Key Competencies into the daily activities of the school and its Teaching and Learning Programmes.

    Developing Key Competencies through Social Studies

    New Zealand Curriculum Key Competencies align with key purposes of Social Studies, such as equipping students to be critically literate, active, and future-facing thinkers and citizens. These are inherent in social inquiry processes.

    Thinking

    Students of Social Studies will:

    • problem-solve by asking questions — such as what do we do about this issue? What are the challenges and possible responses?
    • use inquiry frameworks appropriately
    • engage in critical thinking and analysis — such as evaluating evidence, developing perspective thinking, and making informed decisions
    • think creatively — such as planning, considering personal and group action, and considering possible futures
    • interpret a range of resources, making meaning from research.

    Using language, symbols, and text

    Students of Social Studies will:

    • engage with oral and written language, and visual and audio media
    • access and communicate information in a variety of formats
    • develop multiple literacies — such as digital, popular culture, and media
    • use clear, logical writing with supporting evidence, multiple sources, and robust, ethical research skills
    • use diverse knowledges obtained and expressed in different ways
    • learn specific concepts and develop connected, conceptual understanding.

    Relating to others

    Students of Social Studies will:

    • understand principles of ako, mana whenua, and mana motuhake within kaupapa Māori
    • undertake authentic tasks where they can engage with families and communities
    • engage in social inquiry processes — exploring and understanding values, points of view and perspectives, valuing diversity, acting in a sensitive and ethical matter, and being aware of how their actions may affect others
    • develop their empathy, compassion, and respect.

    Managing self

    Students of Social Studies will:

    • develop increasing responsibility for managing own learning and choice — such as when using social inquiry frameworks
    • manage hauora, particularly in the context of challenging social issues
    • gain deep understandings of human society and skills to equip them as citizens
    • reflect on social issues and the (further) action or responses that may be required.

    Participating and contributing

    Students of Social Studies will:

    • actively engage in their learning and collaborate with others
    • practice active listening and focused dialogue, in a space where presented ideas are questioned and critiqued
    • use their learning in situations that matter to them, potentially bringing about change
    • engage in talanoa, wānanga, or discussion to develop critical and empathetic thinking as a community of learners.

    Key Competencies

    This section of The New Zealand Curriculum Online offers specific guidance to school leaders and teachers on integrating the Key Competencies into the daily activities of the school and its Teaching and Learning Programmes.

    Connections

    Social Studies has connections to a wide variety of Learning Areas and individual subjects. Kaiako can easily form bridges across and between subjects via the Big Ideas, key concepts integrated into the Significant Learning and contexts used to explore these, and through social inquiry and social action. This means ākonga can transfer their learning from Social Studies to other subjects and draw on their other subjects to support learning in Social Studies.

    Examples of subjects sharing key concepts with Social Studies include:

    • Social Sciences: Environment and Societies, History, Geography, Tourism, Media Studies, Religious Studies, and Commerce
    • Health and Physical Education: Health Studies, Physical Education
    • The Arts: Visual Arts, Drama, Te Ao Haka
    • Te Reo Māori.

    Examples of subjects sharing key skills with Social Studies include:

    • English
    • History
    • Learning Languages
    • Technology: Design and Visual Communication
    • Sciences.

    Social Studies has connections to a wide variety of Learning Areas and individual subjects. Kaiako can easily form bridges across and between subjects via the Big Ideas, key concepts integrated into the Significant Learning and contexts used to explore these, and through social inquiry and social action. This means ākonga can transfer their learning from Social Studies to other subjects and draw on their other subjects to support learning in Social Studies.

    Examples of subjects sharing key concepts with Social Studies include:

    • Social Sciences: Environment and Societies, History, Geography, Tourism, Media Studies, Religious Studies, and Commerce
    • Health and Physical Education: Health Studies, Physical Education
    • The Arts: Visual Arts, Drama, Te Ao Haka
    • Te Reo Māori.

    Examples of subjects sharing key skills with Social Studies include:

    • English
    • History
    • Learning Languages
    • Technology: Design and Visual Communication
    • Sciences.

    Pathways

    Social Studies supports multiple learning and career pathways for ākonga. Through exploration of Big Ideas and Significant Learning through social inquiry and social action at Curriculum Levels 6, 7, and 8, ākonga build the skills, knowledge, and understanding to prepare for a variety of pathways beyond school.

    Skills developed through Social Studies transfer to life and employment. They include:

    • communication skills
    • teamwork and collaboration skills
    • problem-solving and decision-making
    • resilience
    • emotional intelligence
    • empathy
    • critical thinking and reflection
    • planning and organisation.

    Beyond school, Social Studies can prepare ākonga for further education and training related to careers in a range of pathways such as:

    • social and community services such as human resources manager, policy advisor & analyst, settlement worker, nurse, lawyer, researcher, advocate, entrepreneur, international relations advisor
    • services such as administrator, liaison, support worker, emergency services
    • creative industries such as actor, director, event manager, presenter, author, copy writer, communications advisor
    • primary industries such as assurance manager, consultant, technician
    • construction and infrastructure such as manager, engagement advisor, consultant, surveyor
    • manufacturing and technology such as technician, games developer, software developer, administrator.

    Social Studies supports multiple learning and career pathways for ākonga. Through exploration of Big Ideas and Significant Learning through social inquiry and social action at Curriculum Levels 6, 7, and 8, ākonga build the skills, knowledge, and understanding to prepare for a variety of pathways beyond school.

    Skills developed through Social Studies transfer to life and employment. They include:

    • communication skills
    • teamwork and collaboration skills
    • problem-solving and decision-making
    • resilience
    • emotional intelligence
    • empathy
    • critical thinking and reflection
    • planning and organisation.

    Beyond school, Social Studies can prepare ākonga for further education and training related to careers in a range of pathways such as:

    • social and community services such as human resources manager, policy advisor & analyst, settlement worker, nurse, lawyer, researcher, advocate, entrepreneur, international relations advisor
    • services such as administrator, liaison, support worker, emergency services
    • creative industries such as actor, director, event manager, presenter, author, copy writer, communications advisor
    • primary industries such as assurance manager, consultant, technician
    • construction and infrastructure such as manager, engagement advisor, consultant, surveyor
    • manufacturing and technology such as technician, games developer, software developer, administrator.
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    Introduction to Sample Course Outlines

    Sample Course Outlines are intended to help teachers and schools understand the new NCEA Learning Matrix and Achievement Standards. Examples of how a year-long Social Studies course could be constructed using the new Learning Matrix and Achievement Standards are provided here. They are indicative only and do not mandate any particular context or approach.

    Sample Course Outlines are intended to help teachers and schools understand the new NCEA Learning Matrix and Achievement Standards. Examples of how a year-long Social Studies course could be constructed using the new Learning Matrix and Achievement Standards are provided here. They are indicative only and do not mandate any particular context or approach.

    Frameworks and Pedagogical Approaches

    Teaching social inquiry can include opportunities for ākonga to engage appropriately with multiple knowledges, including developing understanding of the diversity of te ao Māori and Pacific worldviews.

    Kaupapa Māori Research is an approach, framework, or methodology for thinking about and undertaking research. Kaupapa Māori Research is informed by whakawhanaungatanga — “the process of establishing whānau relationships, literally by means of identifying, through culturally appropriate means, your bodily linkage, your connectedness, and therefore, an unspoken but implicit commitment to other people” (Bishop, 1998). The reciprocal nature of ako, understanding of tikanga, and the observation of mana motuhake are intrinsic to Kaupapa Māori Research.

    Kaupapa Māori Research is participatory and can include wānanga. Through wānanga, ākonga can demonstrate conceptual analysis and make meaning through narrative and relational analysis — that is, finding meaningful relationships between multiple social concepts.

    Talanoa in many Pacific languages can refer to a formal or informal conversation, or exchange of ideas or thoughts, typically made face to face. Talanoa is a form of dialogue that brings people together to share views without any predetermined expectations for agreement. It is deeply rooted in the sharing of stories, building empathy, and making wise and future-focused decisions for the collective good. In academic contexts, talanoa is recognised as a Pacific research methodology that focuses on understanding the meaning that events have for participants through conversation and relationship building. In Social Studies, talanoa is utilised as an indigenous Pacific approach to social inquiry.

    Kaiako can support ākonga to develop critical thinking and literacy and numeracy skills. When evaluating the integrity of sources and claims and critiquing possible solutions to social issues, ākonga can draw on argumentation and reasoning.

    Reference:

    Bishop, R. E., (1998). Freeing ourselves from neo-colonial domination in research: A Maori approach to creating knowledge. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 11(2), 199–219

    Frameworks and Pedagogical Approaches

    Teaching social inquiry can include opportunities for ākonga to engage appropriately with multiple knowledges, including developing understanding of the diversity of te ao Māori and Pacific worldviews.

    Kaupapa Māori Research is an approach, framework, or methodology for thinking about and undertaking research. Kaupapa Māori Research is informed by whakawhanaungatanga — “the process of establishing whānau relationships, literally by means of identifying, through culturally appropriate means, your bodily linkage, your connectedness, and therefore, an unspoken but implicit commitment to other people” (Bishop, 1998). The reciprocal nature of ako, understanding of tikanga, and the observation of mana motuhake are intrinsic to Kaupapa Māori Research.

    Kaupapa Māori Research is participatory and can include wānanga. Through wānanga, ākonga can demonstrate conceptual analysis and make meaning through narrative and relational analysis — that is, finding meaningful relationships between multiple social concepts.

    Talanoa in many Pacific languages can refer to a formal or informal conversation, or exchange of ideas or thoughts, typically made face to face. Talanoa is a form of dialogue that brings people together to share views without any predetermined expectations for agreement. It is deeply rooted in the sharing of stories, building empathy, and making wise and future-focused decisions for the collective good. In academic contexts, talanoa is recognised as a Pacific research methodology that focuses on understanding the meaning that events have for participants through conversation and relationship building. In Social Studies, talanoa is utilised as an indigenous Pacific approach to social inquiry.

    Kaiako can support ākonga to develop critical thinking and literacy and numeracy skills. When evaluating the integrity of sources and claims and critiquing possible solutions to social issues, ākonga can draw on argumentation and reasoning.

    Reference:

    Bishop, R. E., (1998). Freeing ourselves from neo-colonial domination in research: A Maori approach to creating knowledge. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 11(2), 199–219

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    • Description: In this video, we introduce our Kaikōrero who will explore mātauranga Māori concepts in a series of videos; Tuihana Pook, Hine Waitere, Tihirangi Brightwell.
    • Video Duration: 4 minutes
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    • Transcript: EnglishGreetings. My name is Tuihana Pook from Te Whānau-a-Kauaetangohia

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    • Transcript: EnglishTikanga. There are numerous explanations of tikanga. There are tikanga that govern behaviour on the marae. There are tikanga that pertain to our homes

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    • Transcript: EnglishWhat is kaitiakitanga? Kaitiakitanga is looking after people. It’s taking care of our stories used amongst us today. It's protecting things like our tikanga

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    Assessment Matrix

    Conditions of Assessment for internally assessed standards

    These Conditions provide guidelines for assessment against internally assessed Achievement Standards. Guidance is provided on:

    • specific requirements for all assessments against this Standard
    • appropriate ways of, and conditions for, gathering evidence
    • ensuring that evidence is authentic.

    Assessors must be familiar with guidance on assessment practice in learning centres, including enforcing timeframes and deadlines. The NZQA website offers resources that would be useful to read in conjunction with these Conditions of Assessment.

    The learning centre’s Assessment Policy and Conditions of Assessment must be consistent with NZQA’s Assessment Rules for Schools with Consent to Assess. This link includes guidance for managing internal moderation and the collection of evidence.

    Gathering Evidence

    Internal assessment provides considerable flexibility in the collection of evidence. Evidence can be collected in different ways to suit a range of teaching and learning styles, and a range of contexts of teaching and learning. Care needs to be taken to allow students opportunities to present their best evidence against the Standard(s) that are free from unnecessary constraints.

    It is recommended that the design of assessment reflects and reinforces the ways students have been learning. Collection of evidence for the internally assessed Standards could include, but is not restricted to, an extended task, an investigation, digital evidence (such as recorded interviews, blogs, photographs, or film), or a portfolio of evidence.

    Effective assessment should suit the nature of the learning being assessed, provide opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all students, and be valid and fair.

    Ensuring Authenticity of Evidence

    Authenticity of student evidence needs to be assured regardless of the method of collecting evidence. This must be in line with the learning centre’s policy and NZQA’s Assessment Rules for Schools with Consent to Assess.

    Ensure that the student’s evidence is individually identifiable and represents the student’s own work. This includes evidence submitted as part of a group assessment and evidence produced outside of class time or assessor supervision. For example, an investigation carried out over several sessions could include assessor observations, meeting with the student at a set milestone, or student’s use of a journal or photographic entries to record progress.

    These Conditions provide guidelines for assessment against internally assessed Achievement Standards. Guidance is provided on:

    • specific requirements for all assessments against this Standard
    • appropriate ways of, and conditions for, gathering evidence
    • ensuring that evidence is authentic.

    Assessors must be familiar with guidance on assessment practice in learning centres, including enforcing timeframes and deadlines. The NZQA website offers resources that would be useful to read in conjunction with these Conditions of Assessment.

    The learning centre’s Assessment Policy and Conditions of Assessment must be consistent with NZQA’s Assessment Rules for Schools with Consent to Assess. This link includes guidance for managing internal moderation and the collection of evidence.

    Gathering Evidence

    Internal assessment provides considerable flexibility in the collection of evidence. Evidence can be collected in different ways to suit a range of teaching and learning styles, and a range of contexts of teaching and learning. Care needs to be taken to allow students opportunities to present their best evidence against the Standard(s) that are free from unnecessary constraints.

    It is recommended that the design of assessment reflects and reinforces the ways students have been learning. Collection of evidence for the internally assessed Standards could include, but is not restricted to, an extended task, an investigation, digital evidence (such as recorded interviews, blogs, photographs, or film), or a portfolio of evidence.

    Effective assessment should suit the nature of the learning being assessed, provide opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all students, and be valid and fair.

    Ensuring Authenticity of Evidence

    Authenticity of student evidence needs to be assured regardless of the method of collecting evidence. This must be in line with the learning centre’s policy and NZQA’s Assessment Rules for Schools with Consent to Assess.

    Ensure that the student’s evidence is individually identifiable and represents the student’s own work. This includes evidence submitted as part of a group assessment and evidence produced outside of class time or assessor supervision. For example, an investigation carried out over several sessions could include assessor observations, meeting with the student at a set milestone, or student’s use of a journal or photographic entries to record progress.

    1.1
    Demonstrate understanding of findings of a social inquiry

    Whilst it is expected that ākonga conduct a social inquiry, it is only the findings of the inquiry that are assessed.

    Students may conduct parts of the inquiry process in a group setting, for example collaborating in groups to brainstorm ideas. However, all evidence must be submitted individually and must show evidence of individual participation in a group context where appropriate.

    Assessor involvement during the assessment event is limited to providing general feedback which suggests sections of student work that would benefit from further development or skills a student may need to revisit across the work. Student work that has received sustained or detailed feedback is not suitable for submission towards this Achievement Standard.

    1.2
    Describe a social action undertaken to support or challenge a system

    Assessor involvement is limited to providing guidance and feedback on:

    • the selection of an appropriate system to support or challenge through social action
    • the planning of the social action, including providing appropriate frameworks or models
    • the safety and ethics of proposed social actions
    • the collection, annotation, storage, and presentation of evidence
    • the impacts of the social action on the chosen system
    • the criteria used to evaluate the suitability or effectiveness of a social action against alternative social actions, in supporting or challenging the chosen system.

    Students may plan, organise, and carry out the social action individually or in a group. However, students must submit their own evidence individually. The individual contribution of students in the social action must be clear and able to be identifiable.

    Ko te tauira reo Pākehā kē tēnei o te whārangi nei, i te korenga o tētahi tauira reo Māori.

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