OCR GCSE (9-1) Religious Studies

Book excerpt: Exam Board: OCR Level: GCSE Subject: RS First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: June 2018 Motivate every student to deepen their understanding and fulfil their potential by following a stimulating, well-paced course through the strengthened content requirements; produced by subject specialists and OCR's Publishing Partner. - Equips students with the detailed knowledge they need to succeed with clear, lively explanations that make key concepts accessible to all ability levels. - Provides opportunities for students to learn, review and develop their knowledge and skills through a variety of engaging activities, discussion points and extension tasks to stretch high achievers. - Ensures that your lessons are both innovative and inclusive, supplying a bank of tasks that draw on best practice teaching methods. - Encourages students to take an active interest in every topic, using relevant news articles, real-life viewpoints and quotations from sacred texts to bring religious principles and practices to life. - Boosts students' confidence approaching assessment via practice questions and guidance on tackling different question types. - Enables you to teach the systematic study content confidently with comprehensive coverage of Christianity and Islam. OCR GCSE RS Spec Content covered: Christianity - Beliefs and teachings - Practices Islam - Beliefs and teachings - Practices Religion, philosophy and ethics in the modern world from a Christian perspective - Relationships and families - The existence of God - Religion, peace and conflict - Dialogue between religious and non-religious beliefs and attitudes - Covers the short course content.