Clarification details
Updated December 2016. This document has been updated in its entirety to highlight key issues identified through moderation.
The purpose of clarifications
We create clarification documents to help people understand the current requirements of achievement standards. Clarifications do not introduce new criteria, change the intent of the standard, or change what we expect from assessment.
These documents unpack and explain the language and intent of the standard so people interpret and apply the standard consistently. We provide examples or guidance as illustrations only. They are not prescriptions or requirements.
For official requirements, always refer to the current version of the achievement standard as published by NZQA.
Valid approaches
Conventions for this standard must exist within a specific traditional or contemporary cultural practice as identified in Explanatory Note 5. Generic outcomes, such as a painting generated for another standard, are not likely to meet the specific cultural convention requirement of the standard.
Teachers need to clearly define the particular characteristics and constraints associated with the selected cultural convention, including the:
- Technical conventions, including the processes, procedures, materials, and techniques applicable to a particular context.
- Design conventions, including particular features such as form, style, size, structure, proportion, and component relationships appropriate to a particular context.
A list of the conventions relevant to the identified context should be provided for students.
Research and developmental work, while a necessary precursor, does not contribute to assessment decisions for this standard. However, supporting evidence is recommended for external moderation purposes.
Resolved Work
Evidence for this standard must:
- be a completed object that realises a particular idea
- demonstrate technical and design skills appropriate to the identified cultural convention
- be sufficiently significant to reflect level two status and four credit weighting of the standard.
Sustained control and facility with skills
Sustained control of skills means the consistent management of relevant processes, procedures, materials and techniques. Works show understanding of pictorial and conceptual conventions in a successful design that clearly reflects established practice.
Facility with skills means a high level of proficiency with all materials and techniques. Works show the confident and fluent application of the conventions of established practice.