Religious Education
Religious Education
Key Stage 3
Aims in Religious Education
Pupils should be enabled to:
1. Seek purpose in life.
2. Develop positive attitudes to themselves and others.
3. Reflect upon life experiences.
4. Know about and understand the nature of religion.
5. Acquire skills for exploring, responding and expressing.
Skills pupils develop in Religious Education at KS3
1. Enquiry and evaluation.
2. Reflection.
3. Organisation and communication.
4. Spiritual awareness.
Programme of Study
During the course of KS3 pupils will study four themes, within four major World Religions. These themes are:
· Worship and Celebration – Communion and Arti
· Community and Lifestyle – Journeys – Pilgrimage – Mecca, Lourdes, Ganges etc.
· Authority – Leaders and Sacred Text – Priests, Imam, Bible, Bhagavad Gita, Qur’an
· Issues – Relationships – Families and Friendships
Key Stage 4
G.C.S.E
Pupils will study two option courses:
1. Judaism
2. Christianity
Content: In each religion pupils will study
Beliefs
Authority
Morality
Celebration
Worship
Lifestyle
This course enables pupils to develop many skills, especially in communication, literacy, thinking, empathy, problem solving, independent learning and ICT.
There are many careers which encourage qualifications in R.S.
Coursework: 20% Examination: 80%
GCE RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Aims
The AS/A specification aims to encourage students to:
· Develop an interest in and an enthusiasm for a rigorous study of religion
· Treat the subject as an academic discipline by developing knowledge and understanding appropriate to a specialist study of religion
· Use an enquiring, critical and empathetic approach to the study of religion.
The various modules studied will provide ample scope for the contribution of a candidate’s spiritual development. They will also contribute to an understanding of moral, social, ethical and cultural issues as well as helping the development of Key Skills, especially those of communication.
Advanced
Candidates will study two modules each assessed by corresponding assessment unit. For each unit there will be an examination paper of one and a half hour’s duration. Candidates will be required to answer two structured essay questions from a choice of three.
The two units will consist of:
Eastern Religions: Studies in Buddhism
· The diversity of Buddhism. Theravada and Mahayana.
· The significance of meditation, taking refuge, lay and monastic precepts.
· Practices of Zen, Jodo Shinshu, Nichren, Tibetan Buddhism and Buddhism in Britain.
Western Religions: Studies in Judaism
· Mysticism and the Hasidim
· Modern Expressions – progressive Judaism to identify differences in the outlook of the roles of women
· Significant issues and events – the Holocaust and Zionism
In addition, all candidates must take assessment unit 6 at the end of their course:
Compulsory Synoptic Module in Religion and Human Experience.
Candidates will be required to write an essay under controlled conditions on a specific topic. The question will be released to the candidates approximately two months before the examination. The essay will have been largely prepared beforehand but no books or notes may be taken into the examination.
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