JCE Religious Education case studies

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The Junior Certificate Examination (JCE) is a national school-leaving credential awarded by the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC), the body mandated under section 5 of the Botswana Examinations Council Act (Act No 11 of 2002), as amended by the Botswana Examinations Amendment Act, 2019, to manage and conduct examinations and to award certificates. JCE Religious Education is one of the subjects within the JCE suite; BEC publishes JCE syllabi, JCE administration information, JCE reports and assessment guidance on its website, and these are the authoritative documents for the syllabus content, assessment structure and reporting of the subject. The JCE Religious Education case studies are 5 cases and about 4,880 words.

Planning a Junior Cycle RE Unit on Conscience with a Mixed-Ability Class

You teach a second-year Religious Education class of 28 students in a school with a broad ability mix. Six students have significant literacy difficulties, two are recently arrived multilingual learners, and one student has an autism spectrum diagnosis and finds group work stressful.

951 words, about 5 min 2

Responding to a Parent Complaint About the Treatment of Creation in an RE Lesson

A parent emails the principal complaining that your first-year RE lesson on creation presented the scientific account of the Big Bang as if it were in competition with the school's Catholic ethos. The parent states that the lesson 'undermined faith' and asks that the creation narrative be taught as literal history.

1,042 words, about 5 min 3

Designing a Whole-School Approach to RE and Wellbeing After a Bereavement

In November, a popular fifth-year student dies suddenly. The school community is shaken, and several RE teachers report that students are asking difficult questions in class about suffering, God, and what happens after death.

912 words, about 5 min 4

Adapting an RE Scheme of Work for a Student with an Intellectual Disability

A first-year student with a moderate intellectual disability joins your RE class of 26. The student has an individual education plan that specifies access to the curriculum at an appropriate level, with a focus on communication, life skills, and participation.

971 words, about 5 min 5

Handling a Request to Exempt a Student from the Sacraments Unit

Your third-year RE class is beginning a unit on the sacraments, which includes a lesson where students prepare for and discuss the experience of receiving a sacrament, and a school Mass is scheduled at the end of the unit. A parent writes to say that their child, who is not baptised and whose family are not religious, should be exempted from the entire unit because it is 'religious instruction' and conflicts with their family's beliefs.

1,004 words, about 5 min