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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Strategise church reform on historical principles

SAQA US ID	UNIT STANDARD TITLE
116029	Strategise church reform on historical principles
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"		2018-07-01	2023-06-30	SAQA 06120/18
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2024-06-30		2027-06-30

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 identify structural and ideological processes through which the Church has been reformed in the past, and want to apply these processes to the contemporary Church in areas where reform is needed.

People credited with this unit standard are able to:

Describe the context and processes of church reform in a selected historical period.

Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the church in that period.

Produce a reform strategy based on the period.

Apply that strategy to a chosen contemporary context.

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 terms of the following outcomes or areas of learning when starting to learn towards this unit standard:

The unit standard 'Access, interpret and apply information in theological contexts'.

UNIT STANDARD RANGE

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 the context and processes of reform in historical perspective.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The religious, social and political characteristics of the period can be identified and summarised.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

One specific period of Church reform e.g. 16th century, 18th century Evangelical revivals, 20th century rise of Pentecostalism.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The causes and triggers of reform, as well as resistance to reform can be identified.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE

Multiple causes are required for a complete answer.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

The geographical and chronological loci of the period of reform can be correctly located.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2

Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the church in the period under review.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

A simple SWOT analysis or the equivalent can be provided.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The critical information is based on sound historical and theological judgement, and not on denominational, religious or cultural prejudice.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3

Produce a reform strategy based on the description of reform in history and the analysis.

OUTCOME NOTES

Produce a reform strategy based on the description of reform in history and the analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the church in periods of reform.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

The strategy accurately reflects the context being analysed.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

The strategy is structured, feasible and logical.

SPECIFIC OUTCOME 4

Apply the reform strategy to a contemporary church context.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1

A specific real or hypothetical modern church setting is described in which reform is needed.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2

Reasons are given for the need for reform.

ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3

An explanation of how the strategy could be applied in the chosen context is given.

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 history of reform in the Christian Church.

Knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the history of reform in the Church.

UNIT STANDARD DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME

This unit standard promotes, in particular, the following critical cross-field outcomes:

Participate as responsible citizens: through engaging in the process of transformation.

UNIT STANDARD LINKAGES

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Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO):

UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING

Identify and solve problems: through analysing and proposing solutions to church needs for reform.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING

Organise and manage oneself and one's activities responsibly and effectively: through planning a strategy.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING

Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information: through the processes of historical research and weighing of information.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING

Communicate effectively using visual, mathematical and/or language skills.

UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING

Demonstrate an understanding the world as a set of related systems: by identifying connections between the socio-economic, political, economic, religious and ideological worlds of the selected historical period.

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.

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this unit standard was Reregistered in 2012; 2015.

UNIT STANDARD NOTES

Definition of Terms:

Terms have been clarified as far as possible through the use of range statements.

QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD:

	ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	STATUS	END DATE	PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
Elective	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
Elective	62609	National Diploma: Theology and Ministry	Level 6	NQF Level 06	Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"	2023-06-30	As per Learning Programmes recorded against this Qual

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD:

This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.

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