Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2022 Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Religious Studies A (1RA0) Paper 3: Area of Study 3 – Philosophy and Ethics Option 3B: Christianity Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications

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Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2022 Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Religious Studies A (1RA0) Paper 3: Area of Study 3 – Philosophy and Ethics Option 3B: Christianity Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications E... dexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus. Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk Summer 2022 Question Paper Log Number P65004A Publications Code 1RA0_3B_2206_MS All the material in this publication is copyright © Pearson Education Ltd 2022 General Marking Guidance • All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last. • Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions. • Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie. • There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used appropriately. • All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme. • Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited. • When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted. • Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an alternative response. Question number Answer Reject Mark 1(a) AO1 3 marks Award one mark for each point identified up to a maximum of three. • Religious experiences are for a short period of time (1) • The experience cannot be fully described (1) • The person experiencing it learns something about God (1) • People experiencing them will feel at peace (1) • A person does not choose to have one (1). Accept any other valid response. • Lists (maximum of one mark) (3) Question number Answer Reject Mark 1(b) AO1 4 marks Award one mark for providing a point. Award a second mark for development of the point. Up to a maximum of four. • The revelation with Noah shows that God is just (1) because he punished the bad people (1) • It shows God is compassionate (1) because he saved Noah (1) • It shows God is faithful (1) because despite future disobedience God has kept his promise to never flood the earth (1). Accept any other valid response. • Repeated point /development • Development that does not relate both to the point given and to the question. (4) Question number Answer Reject Mark 1(c) AO1 5 marks Award one mark for each example. Award further marks for each development of the example up to a maximum of four marks. Award one further mark for any relevant source of wisdom or authority. • God revealed himself to Abraham in a vision (1) In the vision God told Abraham about the future. (1) ‘The word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision’ (Genesis 15:1) (1) • Three disciples experienced a vision when Jesus took them up on a mountain (1). They saw Jesus joined by Moses and Elijah (1) ‘There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light’ (Matthew 17:2) (1) • The birth of Jesus was announced through a vision (1) to Mary from the angel Gabriel (1). ‘But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favour with God.”’ (Luke 1:30) (1) Accept any other valid response. • Repeated example / development • Development that does not relate both to the example and to the question • Reference to a source of wisdom that does not relate to the example given. (5) Question number Indicative content Mark 1(d) AO2 12 marks, SPaG 3 marks Candidates must underpin their analysis and evaluation with knowledge and understanding. Candidates will be required to demonstrate thorough knowledge and understanding as well as accuracy of religion and belief when responding to the question and in meeting AO2 descriptors. AO2 Arguments for the statement: • Christian parents pass on their beliefs and values to their children, therefore Christian beliefs become the norm for the child and as they grow up they continue these beliefs • God made a promise that if children are brought up to believe in him, then they would not give up on this way of life. Proverbs 22:6 says ‘Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.’ • Children always believe what the parents teach and say, so therefore, when they teach about God then children believe this. Arguments against the statement: • Non-religious people point out that an upbringing that encourages belief in God does not always lead to belief in God, often children will reject belief as it is not the norm in general society • Christian parents/adults often do not live up to the example of Christianity that they teach. If children believe that their parents are hypocritical then they may also feel that the religion is hypocritical and reject it. • Non-religious people may observe that teenagers often rebel against their parents. If their parents are religious, then religion and belief in God is something they may rebel against. Accept any other valid response. Candidates who do not consider different viewpoints within the religious tradition or non-religious viewpoints (as instructed in the question) cannot achieve marks beyond Level 2. (15) Level Mark Descriptor 0 No rewardable response. Level 1 1–3 • Information/issues are identified and make superficial connections among a limited range of elements in the question, underpinned by isolated elements of understanding of religion and belief. • Judgements are supported by generic arguments to produce a conclusion that is not fully justified. Level 2 4–6 • Superficial connections are made among many, but not all, of the elements in the question, underpinned by a limited understanding of religion and belief. • Judgements of a limited range of el [Show More]

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