Eduqas GCSE Drama: A Complete Guide For New Teachers

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This course offers an introduction and overview of Eduqas GCSE Drama, providing essential skills and tips in how to effectively deliver the specification, ensuring maximum student engagement  and maximum  attainment. It is suitable for anyone just starting to teach Drama, in their first few years of teaching or lacking confidence in teaching Eduqas GCSE Drama. Whilst the focus of the day will be on the Eduqas course, many of the ideas will be applicable to all Drama lessons.

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BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

• Provide teachers of GCSE Drama the material and confidence to teach effectively to all ability ranges.
• Obtain an exceptional understanding of the key challenges in GCSE Drama and how to teach them.
• Learn how to take a Level 4 student and help them attain a Level 9.
• Gain insight into the content of the course, the exam structure and how the exams are marked.
• Leave with resources ready to use.
• Understand how to scaffold lower ability students and stretch higher ability students

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PROGRAMME

Overview of the Eduqas GCSE Course

10.00am

• Explanation of the content of the course, looking at key pressure points and how they can be overcome.
• Two different ways to structure your course according to student ability. When to introduce devising theatre and when to introduce the set text?
• Creating a positive group dynamic that allows students to support each other, using ensemble work and physical theatre in term 1.
• Planning your set text for the students you have, planning your range of devised stimuli, planning your scripted pieces.
• Motivating lower ability students

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Break

10.40am

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Component 1: Devising Theatre NEA: the complexities and challenges

11.00am

• Exploring devising techniques practically to boost student engagement and attainment
• How to use the stimuli
• Approaches to prepare students for the C1 exam focusing on performance
• Approaches to prepare students for the C1 exam focusing on portfolio work
• Approaches to prepare students for the C1 exam focusing on the final evaluation
• Understanding the use of props, set and costume in a scene.
• Learning how to create a working diary of key moments when devising.
• Assessing the final product
• Methods of how to excel in the written exam, using strict timings, sentence starters, key terminology and linking physical and vocal techniques.
• Looking at the best plays to watch live and ways to use online resources for section C of the written exam

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Component 2: Performing From A Text

12.00pm

• We will look at plays that have been successful in the past
• How to structure this component leading up to the exam
• Understanding how to give feedback without directing and how to create devising exercises which allow students to create innovative work.
• We will discuss how to overcome problems regarding attendance, apathy and lack of engagement.
• Approaches to Artistic intentions
• Understanding the use of props, set and costume in a scene.
• Preparation for the final exam

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Lunch

1.00pm

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How to Teach Component 3 Effectively

2.00pm

• Which play to teach?
• Approaches and how to structure C3
• Approaches to section A
• Approaches to Section B
• Preparation for the final exam

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Achieving Unbelievable Results

3.00pm

• What does it take to go from a Level 4 to a Level 9
• How can you plan to overcome barriers? How can you use structure in the written examination to ensure the highest marks
• How to gain full marks in the longer essay questions.
• Analyse exemplar work to gain top marks

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Depart

3.30pm