TEACHING AND LEARNING IN HIGHER AND
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
(Performing Arts)
PROGRAMME
Professional Certificate 13/14 (performing arts
pathway)
The 2013/14 Programme
The modular Teaching and Learning in Higher and Professional Education programme caters for those in the professions who want to develop their understanding of, and expertise, in teaching and learning. The specialist training pathway for performing arts is delivered through a partnership between the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Institute of Education, and is designed for those in the performing arts profession who wish to gain accreditation for teaching in higher education, including conservatoires.
The 60-credit Professional Certificate level of the programme provides pathways for staff from conservatoires and similar settings to meet the Fellowship requirements of the Higher Education Academy. The programme has evolved from the Institute’s long tradition of offering a range of courses in the field of teaching and learning in higher and professional education. It is taught by committed academic staff with acknowledged expertise in these areas.
The Teaching and Learning in Higher and Professional Education programme also includes a 120-credit Post-Graduate Diploma and a 180-credit Master’s (MA) Degree. Progression to these awards by Professional Certificate course members is encouraged.
The programme is designed to develop:
The capacity to reflect critically on the changing genres of teaching and learning in the field of performing arts;
A commitment to engage in mutual learning with colleagues and students;
A personal and professional capacity for critical self-reflection and critical action;
A commitment to construct quality learning experiences for students, and
The capacity to draw upon the appropriate educational literature to inform practice.
General Aims
The educational aims of the specialist performing arts pathway are to provide an opportunity for professionals working in higher education to reflect upon key underlying educational philosophies, pedagogy and their academic experience to enhance their academic practice and also to develop:
Theoretical knowledge and understanding of concepts and issues involved in learning and teaching in higher and professional education in the field of performing arts;
Theoretical knowledge of learning processes;
Application of theory within professional learning and teaching contexts;
Critical consideration of the goals of higher and professional education;
Theoretical and practical knowledge of current issues associated with higher and professional education;
Professional knowledge and understanding of the policy context influencing the development of teaching and learning in higher and professional education;
A deeper understanding of major issues in performing arts tuition and ensemble coaching in higher education, and reflect on how these relate to current practice, and
Understanding of the roles and responsibilities of one-to-one teachers in performing arts contexts.
Timing and Attendance
While the programme can be completed in one year, often participants follow it over two years. In some institutions it is tied in with a probationary period. The Professional Certificate level will require 10 full workshop days and associated time for completion of the assessment requirements. These have been constructed to directly relate to participants’ teaching/training practice and to pave the way for staff to achieve Descriptor 2 of the UK Professional Standards Framework and become accredited as Fellows of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Participants can commence their study in either October or January.
Composing your Programme (specialist training pathway for
performing arts teachers)
Although coverage of certain core issues and themes in teaching and learning is essential for all course participants, the programme allows for a fairly high degree of flexibility. Whether a pathway leading to a Professional Certificate, Post-Graduate Diploma or Master’s is followed, it is possible to compose a programme consisting of modules that provide a ‘best fit’ with an individual’s own interests and professional needs.
The Structure of the Programme
Module 1 Understanding Teaching and Learning in Higher and Professional Education
(Performing Arts) (MMATLH_15)
Induction and Framing session (not for credit) Two workshops, one from each group:
Group A
One-to-one Teaching, Mentoring and Supervision in the Performing Arts Small Group Coaching in Performing Arts
Group B
Assessing Learning
Designing Courses and Curricula
Assessment: 5000 word assignment Credits: 30
Module 2 Advancing Teaching and Learning in Higher and Professional Education (MMATLH_16)
Core component advancing teaching and learning is embedded in the module plus one further workshop from Group A.
Assessment: 5000 word evidence-based portfolio Credits: 30 Module 2 cannot be submitted before Module 1.
TIMETABLE OF WORKSHOPS FOR 2013/14 – PERFORMING ARTS
PATHWAY
Workshop Term Dates
Induction Session Autumn Thursday 3rd October 2013 5.30pm – 8pm
Framing session (compulsory for Oct starters)
Autumn Tuesday 15th October 5pm to 8pm OR Thursday 17th October 10am to 1pm
Designing Courses and Curricula
Autumn Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th October 2013 2 day workshop
Advanced Course in University Teaching Day 1
Autumn Monday 9th December 2013
Day 1 of 3 day workshop (other 2 days in June (face to face or by open mode for two weeks)) Framing session
(compulsory for Jan starters)
Spring Tuesday 7th January 2014 10am – 1pm
Assessing Learning Spring Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th January 2014 2 day workshop
Designing Courses and Curricula
Spring Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th January 2014 2 day workshop
Advanced Course in University Teaching Day 1
Spring Tuesday 4th February 2014
Day 1 of 3 day workshop (other 2 days in June (face to face or by open mode for two weeks)) One-to-one
Teaching, Mentoring and Supervision in the Performing Arts
Spring Monday 17th February and Tuesday 18th February 2014
2 day workshop
Assessing Learning Spring Tuesday 11th March and Wednesday 12th March 2014
2 day workshop Small Group
Coaching in Performing Arts
Summer Thursday 29th May and Friday 30th May 2 day workshop
Advanced Course in University Teaching Days 2 and 3
Summer Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th June 2014 Days 2 and 3 of 3 day workshop OR undertaken by open mode
Programme Assessment
Methods
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE
There is considerable opportunity for choice and negotiation with the assignments, which are designed to encourage participants to integrate their learning in ways which are directly relevant to their own professional practice. The exact focus of an assignment is negotiable, though must demonstrably be related to the core themes of the module and the workshops that are undertaken. Each assignment also needs to provide evidence of your understanding of appropriate theoretical perspectives on teaching and learning, and an ability to purposefully link these to your own practice.
Participants submit a written paper of 5,000 words in length and a 5,000 word Portfolio. The programme incorporates an important portfolio-building component. All TLHPE participants, with appropriate induction and support, collate a structured and evidenced
record and review of their developing professional practice. The portfolio serves to
integrate the various strands of the programme which have been followed, and to further refine the capacity for informed reflection.
Staff and Research Interests
TLHPE specialist training pathway staff are:
Dr Andrea Creech (co-module leader): Teacher / trainer / lecturer training; researcher (musical development through the lifespan, parenting, interpersonal relationships), formerly professional musician and teacher in North America and UK.
Dr Helena Gaunt (co-module leader): Assistant Principal at the Guildhall School; research area is one-to-one tuition in conservatoires; oboist and teacher at the Guildhall.
Professor Susan Hallam: Faculty of Policy and Society (IOE): Researcher/teacher/lecturer training; Learning and teaching; music psychology and music education; disaffection; quality assurance.
Carlos Lopez-Real: Professor of contemporary jazz and rhythm studies at the Guildhall; small bands coach; one-to-one tutor for instrumentalists and singers.
Kate Paterson: Associate Professor of Vocal Studies, Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Dinah Stabb: Artist in Residence, Guildhall School of Music & Drama responsible for research and development of collaborative practice and curriculum development across music and drama departments.
FEES 2013/14
The fees for 2013/14 for the 60-credit Professional Certificate course are: International Fee
Professional Certificate full fee: £4470 Home/EU Fee
Professional Certificate full fee: £1980
HOW TO APPLY
For further information about how to apply please contact Amy Grimes, Executive Assistant at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (tel: 020 7382 7142, email:
amy.grimes@gsmd.ac.uk) or performing arts pathway leader Dr Andrea Creech (Tel: 020
7612 6468, email andrea.creech@ioe.ac.uk) for an informal discussion about the performing arts specialist pathway.
You can also contact Beth Hills, the Programme Administrator (tel: 020 7911 5525, email: e.hills@ioe.ac.uk) for further information about how to apply or Dr Lynne Rogers (tel: 020 7911 5336, email l.rogers@ioe.ac.uk), the Programme Leader for an informal discussion about the TLHPE programme.
