AS Religious Studies₇₀₆₁

1.1 Why choose AQA for AS Religious Studies

Our courses offer a choice of different religions, ensuring students have a thorough understanding of diverse philosophical and ethical viewpoints.

Students gain critical and evaluative skills sought by higher education and employers – particularly in law, education, social work, politics, medicine, administration and the media.

Religious studies is a thought provoking subject and our contemporary themes will help you inspire engaging classroom discussion.

Highlights include:

• all religions, philosophical and ethical themes have the same learning requirements, helping you integrate your teaching
• we’ve worked with subject experts, teachers and higher education to create a stimulating and relevant curriculum with a straightforward approach to assessment
• question papers will allow students of all abilities the chance to show what they know
• the AS and A-level are co-teachable – although they are decoupled, the AS content links directly to A-level as it’s the first half of the A-level course.

You can find out about all our Religious Studies qualifications at aqa.org.uk/religious-studies

1.2 Support and resources to help you teach

We’ve worked with experienced teachers to provide you with a range of resources that will help you confidently plan, teach and prepare for exams.

Teaching resources

Visit aqa.org.uk/7061 to see all our teaching resources. They include:

• schemes of work
• specimen questions and marked exemplars
• topic guidance
• guidance for assessment
• introduction to resources
• training courses to help you deliver AQA Religious Studies qualifications
• subject expertise courses for all teachers, from newly-qualified teachers who are just getting started to experienced teachers looking for inspiration.

Preparing for exams

Visit aqa.org.uk/7061 for everything you need to prepare for our exams, including:

• past papers, mark schemes and examiners’ reports
• sample papers and mark schemes for new courses
• Exampro: a searchable bank of past AQA exam questions
• example student answers with examiner commentaries.

Analyse your students' results with Enhanced Results Analysis (ERA)

Find out which questions were the most challenging, how the results compare to previous years and where your students need to improve. ERA, our free online results analysis tool, will help you see where to focus your teaching. Register at aqa.org.uk/era

For information about results, including maintaining standards over time, grade boundaries and our post-results services, visit aqa.org.uk/results

Keep your skills up-to-date with professional development

Time in the classroom is precious, but we understand that as your career develops, the skills and knowledge you need may change. As well as subject-specific training, we offer a range of courses to help boost your skills.

• Feedback sessions to understand how students have performed in this year’s exams.
• Virtual communities where you can chat to teachers in your subject area about what’s important to you.

This is just the start . Our events calendar is full of different ways for you to learn, understand and be inspired. Find out more at aqa.org.uk/professional-development .

Help and support available

Visit our website for information, guidance, support and resources at aqa.org.uk/7061

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Alternatively, you can call or email our subject team direct.

E: religiousstudies@aqa.org.uk

T: 0161 957 3881