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Beliefs and Values

​We teach you how to think, not what to think.

As part of the Humanities Faculty, the Beliefs and Values team at Okehampton College encourages students to see their learning as an integral part of their wider college education.
 
It is hoped, that through studying a range of worldviews and issues, students will be enabled to develop a sense of their own beliefs and values; their own spirituality and place in the world. The subject also contributes to promoting a society in which people understand and respect others beliefs and values.
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Programme of Study: Key Stage 3

  • Year 7: Autumn Term, Beliefs and Concepts, Citizenship – The Island; Spring Term, Rights and Responsibilities; Summer Term, How do people show their spirituality?
  • Year 8: Autumn Term, Religion and Young People; Spring Term, Global Issues, Religious Stereotypes – Islam [Who are Muslims?]; Summer Term, Ultimate Questions – Religion and Science.
  • Year 9 GCSE Religious Studies AQA A: All students study for a full course GCSE: this enables them to express their own personal responses to fundamental questions and issues as well as showing knowledge of religious views.  The subject is examined by two examinations in year 11. 
  • Year 9 topics - Christian Beliefs, Buddhist Beliefs, Christian Practices and Buddhist Practices.

Programme of Study: Key Stage 4 - Year 10 and 11

​Religion, peace and conflict; Religion, crime and punishment; Religion, human rights and social justice; Relationships and families; Buddhist practices.​


​Programme of Study: Key Stage 5


​A Level Religious Studies – Philosophy and Ethics
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  • Philosophy of Religion: Ancient philosophical influences; Arguments about the existence or non-existence of God; The nature and impact of religious experience; The challenge for religious belief of the problem of evil; Ideas about the nature of God; Issues in religious language.
  • Religious Ethics:  Ethical theories - Situation Ethics, Kant, Natural Law, Utilitarianism, Absolutism and Relativism; Applied Ethics – Euthanasia; Business Ethics; Sexual Ethics; Ethical Language and Thought; Debates surrounding the significant idea of conscience.
Development in Buddhist Thought: Foundations of Buddhism; Beliefs, teachings and ideas about human life, the world and ultimate reality; The diversity of ethics and practice, including those that shape and express religious identity, the role of the community of believers and key moral principles; The Development of Buddhism and the relationship with society; Challenges.

Curriculum

English
Maths
Science
Geography
History
Beliefs and Values
Art
Music
Drama
ICT
Physical Education
Modern Foreign Languages
​Media Studies
Design and Technology
Business Studies
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Charlie Edwards 01837 650914

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Sean Freeman, Kelly Hoggins, Tine Casbolt, Jo Teixeira, Dawn Weir and Sue Simmons

Gavin Jordan - Lead Governor

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Okehampton College
Mill Road
Okehampton
EX20 1PW

Tel ​01837 650910
Any questions or queries please email admin@okehamptoncollege.devon.sch.uk
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