Institute of Education

PGCE Secondary Drama Pathway

Subject Knowledge Profile

2017-18

Name………………………………………………………….

Drama Subject Knowledge Profile

Contents

·  Audit of degree content, qualifications and experience relevant to Drama subject knowledge.

·  Review of Drama Subject Knowledge Profile – where you, your mentor and tutor will set and evaluate subject knowledge targets throughout the year.

·  Drama Subject Knowledge Profile – areas of knowledge in Drama and Education.

·  ICT in Drama Teaching

Audit of Subject Knowledge from Degree, Qualifications and Experience

Degree: University:

Review of degree content relevant to Drama subject knowledge:
e.g. modules completed
Other qualifications relevant to Drama subject knowledge:
Previous experience relevant to Drama subject knowledge:
e.g. youth theatre group, TIE company

Target Setting and Review of Subject Knowledge Profile

Induction Week - Review of Suggested Work discussed on interview to be completed prior to the start of the PGCE.

Suggested work / Comments on aspects achieved

Target Setting and Review of SKP

Review date / Target / Tutor/Mentor or Trainee Comment
Sept - with
Tutor (JLS)
Nov – with Tutor (JLS)
Dec - with Mentor PT1
Feb – with Tutor (JLS)
April – with Mentor PT2
June – with Mentor PT2

Drama Education Pedagogy

I understand the approach to T&L / I know how to use the pedagogy / I know how to use it creatively in planning and teaching / Evidence from prior study or experience and/or
school teaching experience
Peter Slade
Brian Way
Dorothy Heathcote
Gavin Bolton
David Hornbrook
Jonothan Neelands
Andy Kempe
Michael Fleming
Helen Nicholson
Michael Anderson
David Davis

Drama Conventions in Education

I Know what it is / I can use it in my teaching / I use it creatively in my teaching / Evidence from prior study or experience and/or
school teaching experience
Improvisation
Prepared roles
Teacher in role
Hot seating
Thought tracking
Overheard conversations
Role on the wall
Freeze Frame / Still image
Forum Theatre
Others

Theatre Practitioners

I know the theory / I can teach the
theory / I can creatively
teach the theory / Evidence from prior study or experience and/or
school teaching experience
Stanislavski
Antonin Artaud
Bertolt Brecht
Gordon Craig
Peter Brook
Jerzy Grotowski
Others e.g.
Frantic Assembly, Forkbeard Fantasy, Forced Entertainment

Theatre Genres/Periods

I know the theatre history / I have taught the genre / I have planned and taught the genre creatively / Evidence from prior study or experience and/or
school teaching experience
Ancient Greek/Roman
Mysteries and Moralities
Elizabethan/
Jacobean
Restoration
Melodrama
Naturalism
Surrealism/Absurdism
Physical Theatre
Commedia Dell’ Arte
British Realism
Theatre in Education
TV Drama
Political Theatre
Other e.g.
Kabuki, Kathakali

Formal Curriculum Requirements

I know the requirements / I use the requirements in planning and teaching / I creatively build the requirements into my planning and teaching / Evidence from prior study or experience and/or
school teaching experience
Drama in the N C for English.
§  Key Stage 3
§  Key Stage 4 -(specifications)
Literacy and phonics
Maths/Numeracy Opportunities
Arts Council: ‘Drama in Schools’
Making
Performing
Responding
Ofsted inspection findings
I have taught episodes / I have taught topics/SOW / I have designed creative topics/SOW / Evidence from prior study or experience and/or
school teaching experience
Texts used in KS3
Texts used in GCSE
Texts used in AS/A2

ICT in Drama

Knowledge of stage technology / I know how to use the technology / I have used in my teaching / I have planned and taught students how to use the technology / Evidence from prior study or experience and/or
school teaching experience
Sound
Controls, Making sound CD's, Preparing sound cues
Lighting
Controls, Lighting plots, Luminaries, Design, Preparing lighting cues
Video recording
Digital cameras, Editing
Costume
Design, Making
Properties
Design, Making
I know how to use the technology / I have used in my teaching / I have planned and taught students how to use the technology / Evidence from prior study or experience and/or
school teaching experience
Set Design
Construction, Design, Model boxes
Apps
Plickers, Kahoot / .
IWBs
Blogs/Twitter
VLEs
Moodle, Pebblepad
Other

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Plymouth University Drama SKP 2017-18