S M Audsley
Award: GCSE
Awarding Body: AQA
Specification Code: 8062
Specification Website: GCSE Religious Studies A
Students will be challenged with questions about belief, values, meaning, purpose and truth, enabling them to develop their own attitudes towards religious issues.
Students will also gain an appreciation of how religion, philosophy and ethics form the basis of our culture. They will develop analytical and critical thinking skills, the ability to work with abstract ideas, leadership and research skills. All these skills will help prepare them for further study.
The study of religions: beliefs, teachings and practices of Christianity and Islam. Students will study the influence of the beliefs, teachings and practices studied on individuals, communities and societies.
The nature of God
Jesus Christ and Salvation
The role of the Church in the local and worldwide community
Christian Worship and Festivals
Beliefs and Teachings
Authority
Practices and Worship
Duties and Festivals in Islam
Students will study four ethical themes from the list below:
Sex, marriage and divorce
Families and gender equality
The origins and value of the universe
The origins and value of human life
Religion, violence, terrorism and war
Religion and belief in 21st century conflict
Religion, crime and the causes of crime
Religion and punishment
Human Rights
Wealth and poverty
1 x 1 hour 45 minute exam
1 x 1 hour 45 minute exam
Supportive:
GCSE Religious Studies (Short Course)