PALATINE Publications

PALATINE Development Award Reports

Teaching Stanislavski (2010, 553.54 KB, PDF document)

Kathy Dacre, Rose Bruford College

Teaching Stanislavski is a report on how Stanislavski’s work is taught to students in the UK. The project was initiated by SCUDD (Standing Conference of University Drama Departments) in conjunction with PALATINE (the Higher Education Academy subject centre for Dance, Drama and Music). The project, which was directed by Professor Kathy Dacre (Rose Bruford College), who led a research team of eight, with contributions from a wide range of UK and European academics and practitioners, was funded by a PALATINE Development Award.

Enacting Metalearning (2010, 168.59 KB, PDF document)

Roy Connolly, University of Sunderland; Sophie Claire Ward, Durham University

Final report from a project using Performance Based Research in conjunction with Meyer's Reflections on Learning Inventory to raise HND/FD students’ awareness of the self as learner in the context of level six (final year) undergraduate study.

Feldenkrais Method in Performer Training: Encouraging Curiosity and Experimentation (2010, 1.8 MB, PDF document)

Kene Igweonu, Swansea Metropolitan University

This document and accompanying DVD work as a resource to be dipped in and out of for information on how the Feldenkrais Method is being used in performance training contexts within UK higher education.

Music Performance Tuition in Higher Education: Student Expectations (2010, 89.71 KB, PDF document)

Edward Venn, Lancaster University

Findings of a study which aimed to develop an awareness of the expectations of performance students in higher education in order to compare these expectations with the stated educational aims and learning objectives of performance modules. The exploration of the nature of the gap between expectations and outcomes will enable a better understanding of how to design, deliver and market music performance modules in higher education.

Making Theatre Work: Entrepreneurship and Professional Practice in Higher Education (2010, 3.81 MB, PDF document)

Making Theatre Work: Entrepreneurship and Professional Practice in Higher Education cover

Mark Evans, Coventry University

This report, which is the outcome of a PALATINE Development Award, examines the development of employability and entrepreneurial skills, knowledges, attitudes and behaviours, and the support of new business start-up within the theatre and performance field. It identifies the different kinds of curriculum and programme design employed to address this area of practice and pedagogy, as well as identifying examples of good practice and innovation.

The Ethics of Participatory Theatre in Higher Education: A Framework for Learning and Teaching (2010, 409.18 KB, PDF document)

Frances Rifkin, Utopia Arts

Research findings, recommendations and literature review about the ethics of teaching, learning and professional practice in participatory or applied theatre.

Enhancing Employability in Music: An Ethnographic Study into Students' Work-Based Learning Experiences (2010, 3.99 MB, PDF document)

Simone Krüger, Liverpool John Moores University; Siân Lincoln, Liverpool John Moores University

Final report from a PALATINE Development Award project that implemented and critically evaluated specific practice for the enhancement of student employability in higher education.

Promoting Excellence in Small Group Music Performance: Teaching, learning and assessment (2010, 234.52 KB, PDF document)

Jane Ginsborg, Royal Northern College of Music; Richard Wistreich, Royal Northern College of Music

Final report from a project addressing the teaching, learning and assessment of small group music performance in conservatoires and university music departments.

Becoming Reflexive Practitioners: Exploring the Role of Summative Assessment in Encouraging Vocal Skills in First-year Undergraduate Singers (2009, 166.52 KB, PDF document)

Susan Monks, University of Chichester

Navigating the Inland Sea - Imaginary Bodies and the Ontological (2009, 44.76 KB, PDF document)

Peter Billingham, University of Portsmouth

Moving Matters: Supporting Disabled Dance Students in Higher Education (2008, 1.01 MB, PDF document)

Sarah Whatley, Coventry University

This booklet will be a useful reference for anyone who is involved in teaching and supporting the teaching of dance students in higher education. The booklet also provides useful information for individuals, agencies and organisations that are supporting disabled dance practitioners prior to entering higher education or after graduation.