Preface

Islamic Religious Education notes are part of the revised edition of the school curriculum in Uganda that is changes in what is taught in schools, how it is taught and how long it should take. This will make you a unique person when you leave school, whatever you do thereafter, In the past the main aim of going to school was to acquire knowledge that is facts and ideas about each subject. Now the main aim is that you should be able to acquire both knowledge and understanding as you develop skills, values and competences These skills or competences include the ability to think for yourself be able to communicate with others and explain what you have learnt to be creative and to be able to think critically that is developing your own ideas, not just following those of the teacher and the textbook You should also be able to find out information and ideas for yourself, rather than just relying on what the teacher or textbook tells you

This book has a variety of activities for you to do, as well as information for you to read The activities present you with the opportunity to learn and find out things for yourself Some of the activities, therefore. require you to think about the knowledge and ideas you already have In using this book, therefore, it is essential that you do all the activities You will learn properly it you do these activities. They are the most important part of the book In some ways this makes learning more of a challenge. It is more difficult to think for yourself than to copy what the teacher tells you But if you take up this challenge you will become a better person and more successful in life

You can also learn a lot from other people within the groups created in class. Ideas are shared together You learn and achieve together A learning problem can easily be solved by discussing it with others Opportunities to learn are well shared and different tasks are given to every member of the group Many of the activities in the book therefore involve discussion or other activities in groups or pairs Your teacher will help you to organise the groups and may arrange the classroom in such a way that you sit facing each other You will discuss properly if you are facing one another