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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Describe and apply key Christian teachings of faith communities

SAQA US ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE
115910	Describe and apply key Christian teachings of faith communities
ORIGINATOR
SGB Christian Theology and Ministry
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
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FIELD			SUBFIELD
Field 07 - Human and Social Studies			Religious and Ethical Foundations of Society
ABET BAND	UNIT STANDARD TYPE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	CREDITS
Undefined	Regular	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	12
REGISTRATION STATUS		REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE	SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		2007-08-07	2010-08-07	SAQA 0160/05
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2011-08-07		2014-08-07

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard.

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD

This unit standard will be useful to people who wish to understand the main teachings of their own faith community and how those teachings compare with the teachings of other faith communities, and to apply these teachings to others.

People credited with this unit standard are able to:

Describe key Christian teachings.

Explain why these key Christian teachings are important for the learner's own faith community.

Compare the way in which the key Christian teachings are understood within the learner's faith community with the way in which they are understood by other faith communities.

Apply key Christian teachings to contemporary contexts.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

The credit calculation is based on the assumption that learners are already competent in, or are currently engaged with the following Fundamental unit standard of the Diploma for Christian Theology and Ministry:

Access, interpret and apply information in theological contexts.

UNIT STANDARD RANGE

The following scope and context applies to the whole unit standard:

The teachings include God, creation, anthropology, sin, salvation, trinity, christology, pneumatology, ecclesiology, death and eschatology.

Some of these key areas of Christian teaching are understood differently in different Christian groups and traditions. In this unit the emphasis will be on the understanding within the learner's own faith community, with comparisons with the teaching of other faith communities.

Learners who do not belong to a faith community may choose one to study for the purpose of this qualification.

Specific range statements are provided in the body of the unit standard where they apply to particular specific outcomes or assessment criteria.

Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1

Describe key Christian teaching.

OUTCOME RANGE

Include teachings on God, creation, anthropology, sin, salvation, trinity, christology, pneumatology, ecclesiology, death and eschatology. Technical terms used in the description are correctly defined.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The description is consistent with the common historical understandings of key Christian teachings.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The description shows an awareness of contemporary understandings of these teachings.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

The description reflects a commonly accepted theological methodology.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2

Explain why these key Christian teachings are important for the learner's own faith community.

OUTCOME RANGE

At least five of the above teachings.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The learner's faith community is accurately defined.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The expression of these key Christian teachings by the learner's faith community is described.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

The importance of the way the learner's faith community expresses the key teachings is explained.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3

Compare the way in which the key Christian teachings are understood within the learner's faith.

OUTCOME NOTES

Compare the way in which the key Christian teachings are understood within the learner's faith community with the way in which they are understood by other faith communities.

OUTCOME RANGE

Comparison with at least one other faith community. At least five of the above teachings.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The interpretation of the chosen key Christian teachings is an accurate presentation of the faith communities concerned.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The comparison includes both similarities and differences.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 4

Apply key Christian teachings to contemporary contexts.

OUTCOME RANGE

At least three key Christian teachings of the learner's faith community.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The contemporary contexts chosen must be significant for the learner's community.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The contemporary contexts chosen must be sensitively chosen with regard to the wider community.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

The application shows links between the key Christian teachings and the chosen context.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4

The application shows potential for transformation of the context.

UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS

Providers of learning towards this unit standard will need to meet the accreditation requirements of the relevant ETQA.

Moderation Option:

The moderation requirements of the relevant ETQA must be met in order to award credit to learners for this unit standard.

UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE

The following essential embedded knowledge will be assessed through assessment of the specific outcomes in terms of the stipulated assessment criteria. Candidates are unlikely to achieve all the specific outcomes, to the standards described in the assessment criteria, without knowledge of the listed embedded knowledge. This means that for the most part, the possession or lack of the knowledge can be directly inferred from the quality of the candidate's performance. Where direct assessment of knowledge is required, assessment criteria have been included in the body of the unit standard.

Knowledge of the key Christian teachings of the learner's faith community, and the way in which the teachings have been shaped by the community.

Knowledge of the key Christian teachings of other faith communities.

UNIT STANDARD DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME

N/A

UNIT STANDARD LINKAGES

N/A

Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO):

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING

Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information through collecting and organising information about the teachings of their faith community.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING

Understand the world as a set of inter-related parts of a system: through collecting and organising information on the Christian understanding of the world and human beings and their relation to each other and to God.

UNIT STANDARD ASSESSOR CRITERIA

Assessors should keep the following general principles in mind when designing and conducting assessments against this unit standard:

Focus the assessment activities on gathering evidence in terms of the main outcome expressed in the title to ensure assessment is integrated rather than fragmented. Remember we want to declare the person competent in terms of the title. Where assessment at title level is unmanageable, then focus assessment around each specific outcome, or groups of specific outcomes.

Make sure evidence is gathered across the entire range, wherever it applies. Assessment activities should be as close to the real performance as possible, and where simulations or role-plays are used, there should be supporting evidence to show the candidate is able to perform in the real situation.

Do not focus the assessment activities on each assessment criterion. Rather make sure the assessment activities focus on outcomes and are sufficient to enable evidence to be gathered around all the assessment criteria.

The assessment criteria provide the specifications against which assessment judgements should be made. In most cases, knowledge can be inferred from the quality of the performances, but in other cases, knowledge and understanding will have to be tested through questioning techniques. Where this is required, there will be assessment criteria to specify the standard required.

The task of the assessor is to gather sufficient evidence, of the prescribed type and quality, as specified in this unit standard, that the candidate can achieve the outcomes again and again and again. This means assessors will have to judge how many repeat performances are required before they believe the performance is reproducible.

All assessments should be conducted in line with the following well documented principles of assessment: appropriateness, fairness, manageability, integration into work or learning, validity, direct, authentic, sufficient, systematic, open and consistent.

The following particular issues should be taken into consideration when assessing against this unit standard:

Assessment should concentrate on accuracy and adequacy of description of teachings of both the learner's own faith community and those with which they are being compared.

UNIT STANDARD NOTES

Definition of Terms:

Terms have been clarified as far as possible through the use of range statements. Further clarification of terms is provided as follows:

Creation - the Christian understanding that the universe was created by God.

Anthropology - the Christian understanding of human nature and human being.

Sin - the Christian understanding of the way in which evil operates in the world.

Salvation - the Christian understanding of the way in which God acts to overcome evil and transform the created order.

Trinity - the Christian understanding the nature of God as three persons in one essence.

Christology - the Christian understanding of the nature and person of Jesus Christ.

Pneumatology - the Christian understanding of the nature and work of the Holy Spirit.

Ecclesiology - the Christian understanding of the nature and role of the Church.

Eschatology - the Christian understanding of the last things.

QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD:

	ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	STATUS	END DATE	PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
Core	48917	National Diploma: Theology and Ministry	Level 5	NQF Level 05	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	As per Learning Programmes recorded against this Qual

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