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Religious Education Question Paper

Religious Education

Course:Bachelor Of Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING (IOL)
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

ECT 309:RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

DATE: Monday, 6th October, 2008
TIME: 3.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer THREE questions
Question ONE is compulsory.
1.
a)
Justify the place of Religious Education in the secondary school
curriculum (8marks)
b)
i)
Identify four (4) sources of teaching Religious Education in Secondary Schools(4marks)

c)
Explain how the following goals of education could be achieved by the
teaching of Religious Education in Secondary Schools in Kenya.
i)
Cultural heritage
(4marks)
ii)
Moral development
(4marks)

d)
i)
Briefly explain the limitations of incorporating African Traditional
Religion in Religious Education Curriculum
(3 marks)

ii)
What are the strengths of this approach?
(4 marks)

2. a) Explain
the significance of the following methods in the teaching of Religious Education.
i)
Interactive methods(2½marks)
ii)
Experiential methods(2½marks)

b)
Choose a topic in either Christian Religious Education or Islamic
Education syllabus and illustrate how you could teach it using these
methods.
i)
Open class discussions (5marks)
ii)
Role play(5marks)
iii)
Questioning method
(5marks)

3.
a)
Highlight the importance of using teacher – made learning resources in the
teaching of Religious Education(5 marks)

b)
With illustrations, explain how you could utilize the following resources
in the teaching of Religious Education in Secondary School.
i)
A model
(5 marks)
ii)
A resource person(5marks)
iii)
A newspaper(5marks)

4.
a)
i)
What is the role instructional objectives in a Religious Education
lesson.
ii)
Identify any three characteristics of a good Religious Education
objective(3 marks)
b)
Using any topic in either, CRE or Islamic Education syllabus
i) Construct an instructional objective in the affective domain
(2marks)
ii)
What is the importance of writing Religious Education objectives
in the affective domain2 marks)

c)
Explain the role played by the following elements in a Religious
Education lesson plan.
i)
Learning activities
(3marks)
ii)
Content
(3 marks)
iii)
Self evaluation (3marks)

5.
a)
“Assessment is an integral part in the teaching and learning of Religious
Education”.
Discuss.
(8marks)

b)
Given the limitations of essay tests, justify their continued use in the
assessment of Religious Education in schools

(8 marks)

c)
Briefly explain why it is important for a Religious Education teacher to
prepare a marking scheme before the onset of a marking exercise.
(4 marks)

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