Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance
Spring Term 2012
Attendance:
Saturday 21 January
Saturday Workshops at The Globe (to be confirmed but likely to be in May because of the Shakespeare Olympics). The second date will include a performance.
Venue:
Faculty of Education,
184 Hills Road, Cambridge
(Map & Travel)
Tutors:
Sue Brindley and Fiona Banks
Course Description
This 60 hour course has been designed collaboratively with Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. The course will include two Saturdays at The Globe, and a school based research task using Shakespeare in the classroom. It is a blended learning course, and is a combination of taught online materials and two Saturdays at the Globe, including a matinee production on the final Saturday.
You will be asked to explore practical classroom approaches to teaching Shakespeare plays (from those being used as set texts as well as partner plays from the tragedies, comedies or historical plays) using ideas from the Globe workshops and the taught course.
You will be asked to explore the impact of teaching strategies and resources through a small scale research project and will have one to one supervision to support your research.
Students undertaking this as a PCPS route will produce a 4,000 word portfolio of evidence (which will include the research project).
Accreditation
The course may be taken on a free-standing basis leading to the award of a Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Study (PCPS).
All participants will be expected to attend regularly (a minimum of 80%) and to complete a related assignment to the satisfaction of the course tutor.
Applications
If you would like an application form for this course please contact the CPD Office (01223 767732) or download the form from our website. Applications should reach the CPD Office by Friday 2 December 2011. After this date please telephone the office to see if places are available.
The tuition fee of £764 will be payable prior to commencement of the course (this excludes the cost of meals and refreshments). An invoice will be issued on acceptance to the course and applicants are therefore asked to indicate who will be responsible for the payment of fees. Cheques should be made payable to the University of Cambridge.