Accept the noise When everyone is working hard in the drama studio, developing different ideas into performances, there will be noise. There will be a lot of noise. You need to embrace the noise and accept it. What you must make sure is that that noise is the sound of people working hard and not the sound of people being off task. From experience, it … Continue reading 6 Top Tips for Behaviour Management in Drama
For my dissertation last year I looked at using flipped learning as a tool for my class of Year 12 Drama and Theatre Studies students. Flipped learning is a model of teaching that literally flips the normal relationship between the classroom and homework. Traditionally, the learning has been done in the classroom and a part of checking that that learning has taken place is through … Continue reading 6 reasons to use flipped learning.
Evidencing progress during the rehearsal stages of a project can be difficult. Evidencing it in books can be even harder. Here are two ways of helping this process. The first is linking the assessment criteria to the notes that you take as a teacher. The second is post-it note feedback. Continue reading How to use Post-It Note Feedback to improve, record and track verbal feedback.
A brief history of Assessment in drama (1988 to 2005) Continue reading A brief history of Assessment in Drama (1988 to 2005)
Intervention is providing extra support to children with their learning, bringing students together who have similar misunderstandings or other issues affecting their learning, working on specific skills like numeracy, literacy or social skills. This whole school approach to intervention is very important but how can a small department approach intervention and make it meaningful and worthwhile. Continue reading How to run successful, focused and engaging intervention in a small department.
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