Exam Guide to GCSE Philosophy and Ethics

Subject: Philosophy
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 14 - 16
Order Number: 14065

Exam Guide to GCSE Philosophy and Ethics - A Christian Perspective

Pupils facing the rigours of GCSE exams need all the help they can get. Teachers may spend time offering help and advice but more often than not lack of exam practice and little or no familiarity with exam papers leads to failure and disappointment. Simply knowing what a good GCSE answer looks like can give confidence and encouragement to pupils who sometimes struggle in exam conditions. An Exam Guide to GCSE Philosophy and Ethics - A Christian Perspective allows pupils to explore and analyse model questions and answers from a Christian viewpoint, based on the OCR GCSE Religious Studies specification B. The guide covers all ten units of work, from 'The Nature of God' and 'Religion and Science to Good and Evil' and 'Death and the Afterlife'. Each unit contains model questions and answers exploring various issues. Topic areas include:

• Just War Theory
• Abortion
• Marriage and Divorce
• The Afterlife
• The Problem of Evil

A brief guide to exam techniques is included, outlining how pupils should approach each part of the exam question in order to maximise their chances of success. An Exam Guide to GCSE Philosophy and Ethics - A Christian Prespective enables pupils to work through each unit of study independently. Alternatively it may be used to guide debate and discussion in the classroom. This allows arguments and ideas to be openly shared amongst pupils as well as improving analytical and critical reasoning skills.