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)
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.
Your Degree in Dance, Drama or Performance - Making it Work (2008, 1.03 MB, PDF document)
Andrea Duncan, University of Northampton
Ethnography in the Performing Arts: A Student Guide (2008, 1.51 MB, PDF document)
Simone Krüger, Liverpool John Moores University
Evidencing Transferable Skills in Undergraduate Music Education (2007, 54.13 KB, PDF document)
Allan Moore, University of Surrey; Ruth Dockwray, University of Surrey
Integrating E-learning and Reflective Practice to Enhance Critical Writing Skills and Access to Theory in the First-year Drama Studio (2007, 172.37 KB, PDF document)
Rea Dennis, University of Glamorgan; Michael Carklin, University of Glamorgan
Developing Pedagogical Tools for the Teaching of Songwriting at Postgraduate Level (2007, 254.3 KB, PDF document)
Andy West, Bath Spa University
Master of Arts in Songwriting: Student Handbook (2007, 93.02 KB, PDF document)
Andy West, Bath Spa University
An Experiment in Interdisciplinary Teaching: The Music Theatre of Frank Zappa (2006, 52.06 KB, PDF document)
Richard Hand, University of Glamorgan; Paul Carr, University of Glamorgan
Integrating Theory and Practice in Conservatoires: Formulating a Holistic Model for Teaching and Learning Improvisation (2006, 52.48 KB, PDF document)
Catherine Parsonage, Leeds College of Music
Evaluating and Rationalizing Assessment Methodology in Undergraduate Degree Courses (2006, 129.02 KB, PDF document)
Kathy Dacre, Rose Bruford College
Questionnaire results (2006, 28.2 KB, PDF document)
Kathy Dacre, Rose Bruford College
Data collection template (2006, 14.32 KB, PDF document)
Kathy Dacre, Rose Bruford College
Profiling Workshop Practice: Two DVD ROMs on Clive Barker and Phelim McDermott (2005, 64.16 KB, PDF document)
Dick McCaw, Royal Holloway, University of London
Laban Movement Analysis for Actors: A Teaching Collaboration between Kedzie Penfield and Judith Steel (2005, 235.52 KB, PDF document)
Kedzie Penfield, Queen Margaret University; Judith Steel, Virginia Commonwealth University
Becoming a Music Student: Understanding and Fostering the Study Skills of First-year Undergraduates (2005, 247.99 KB, PDF document)
Stephanie Pitts, University of Sheffield
Interactive Teaching Materials for Dance Students Studying Labanotation (2005, 28.82 KB, PDF document)
Neil Fisher, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts; Rachel Duerden, Manchester Metropolitan University
The Performing Art of Management: Theatre, Drama and Active Management Learning (2005, 176.9 KB, PDF document)
Stephanie Knight, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh; Martin Beirne, University of Glasgow
Developing a Module in Multi-media Documentation of Practice by and as Research (2005, 29.52 KB, PDF document)
Paul Allain, University of Kent
Bibliography of Performance Documentation (2005, 47.67 KB, PDF document)
Paul Allain, University of Kent
Music and Social Class: Implications of Widening Participation in Higher Education for Student Experience of Teaching and Learning in Music (2004, 99.05 KB, PDF document)
Nicola Dibben, University of Sheffield