RMPS (National 5)

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parentforumscot DEC 2017 The National Parent Forum of Scotland is grateful for the support of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Qualifications Authority and Education Scotland in the preparation of this series. NATIONALS IN A NUTSHELL The National Parent Forum of Scotland National 5 Summary RMPS RELIGIOUS & MORAL STUDIES For more detailed course information: SQA: Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies National 5: www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/47421.html Education Scotland: www.education.gov.scot/nationalqualifications Curriculum for Excellence Key Terms and Features Factfile: www.education.gov.scot/parentzone/Documents/CfEFactfileOverview.pdf WHAT WILL MY CHILD EXPERIENCE DURING THE COURSE? • Active and independent learning by setting targets, reflecting on learning, evaluating progress • A blend of classroom approaches including learning from each other, in partnership and in teams as well as through whole class learning • Collaborative learning: working with others will enable learners to understand and respect the views and perspectives of others • Space for personalisation and choice: learners select one of the world’s six major religions to study in each area of study. They also choose their assignment topic • Applying learning • Embedding literacy skills: researching and presenting information; evaluating; discussing; listening; talking.

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ASSESSMENT • The course will be assessed through a question paper (exam) and an assignment, which will be marked by SQA and graded A to D. • The question paper is worth 80 marks and makes up 80% of the total assessment mark. Learners present detailed and reasoned views in response to a series of religious, moral and philosophical questions. • The assignment is worth 20 marks and makes up 20% of the total assessment mark. Learners must research a religious, moral or philosophical issue and write a report on it. Their report must provide different points of view before reaching a reasoned conclusion.

What skills will my child develop? • Detailed factual and abstract knowledge and understanding of beliefs, practices and sources related to world religions • Detailed factual knowledge and understanding of religious, moral and philosophical questions and responses to them • Detailed factual and theoretical knowledge and understanding of the impact and significance of religion today • Expressing detailed and reasoned views about contemporary moral questions • Critical thinking and philosophical enquiry • Making comparisons • Putting values or beliefs into action to benefit others • Making informed moral decisions • Researching, processing and analysing information in detail • Commenting on the meaning and context of sources NATIONAL 5 TEAMWORK FOR LEARNING For the units in this course, we specialise in one of the world’s six major religions. Because we live in a city, we were fortunate to be able to invite the local representatives of four of the religions to come in and discuss their faith and practices with the whole class. I am studying Islam, as are three others in the class, and we prepared questions for the Imam. Having a guest speaker was a great way to ask deeper questions. It was really useful to hear about the other religions too.