2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

ENGL5838M Making Theatre in the Community

30 creditsClass Size: 10

Module manager: Dr Lourdes Orozco
Email: L.Orozco@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Students must have completed ENGL5523M Uses of Theatre module or should be able to demonstrate previous experience in theatre practice or workshop facilitation to the module tutors.

Pre-requisites

ENGL5523M

Uses of Theatre

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

On compleltion of this module, students should be able to plan, run and evaluate a series of practical workshops in the area of socially-based theatre in a professional setting such as a school, youth centre, theatre organisation etc.

Skills outcomes
Masters (Taught), Postgraduate Diploma & Postgraduate Certificate students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- the skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity;
- evaluating their own achievement and that of others;
- self direction and effective decision making;
- independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;
- to engage critically in the development of professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.

Syllabus

This module builds on the theatre work undertaken in semester 1 and allows students the opportunity to run a series of workshops in a ‘live’ situation, in order to build up their skills in applied theatre, facilitation and planning. The module entails the setting of a placement in a community organisation and the planning and delivering of a series of workshops (equivalent to 16 hours of workshop delivery) within that organisation. At the end of the module students will be asked to evaluate the impact of the workshops and their personal learning as part of the assessed portfolio to be submitted by the end of term. In this way, the module will provide students with the experience of planning, delivering and evaluating a series of workshops as part of a community theatre project.

Students will decide in consultation with their tutor what kind of institution they wish to work with (i.e. school, prison, youth group, elderly people’s group, etc.). The Workshop Theatre will assist in finding a suitable organisation for students to work with and arrange the setting of the placement. The projects can be run individually or in pairs. Students will then liaise with the organisation to come up with plans for the workshop series in consultations with their tutor. Students will draw up detailed plans for each session, deliver the workshops, and produce an evaluation at the end of the process, looking at what they have learnt from the experience.

The module is delivered as a series of 2hour weekly sessions in which questions around community based theatre and facilitation are addressed. The students will also have a series of individual or pair tutorials to assist in workshop planning and discuss issues arising from the delivery of the workshop. The module will conclude with a final group session to debrief the overall experience.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Workshop	8	2.00	16.00
Seminars	10	2.00	16.00
Tutorial	8	1.00	5.00
Private study hours			263.00
Total Contact hours			37.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

Researching, workshop planning, evaulation

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Each student will be monitored through five individual tutorials. Plans for all workshops will be monitored. The partner institutions will monitor and report on the student's work. The supervisor will attend at least two of the workshops. The final evaluation will be monitored by 2 members of staff.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Placement Assessment	6-8 workshops	50.00
Portfolio	Introduction to and description of workshops	20.00
Assignment	Critical evaluation of workshops (3000 words)	30.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Assessment: Workshop delivery (50%). Tutors will observe at least TWO workshops and will base their grading on those observations supplemented by questionnaires offering feedback from participating organizations. Students working in pairs will graded individually for their workshop delivery but will receive the same mark for the workshop plans, which will be designed jointly. Portfolio and critical evaluation (20% + 30%). The portfolio will contain a brief introduction to and description of the project, and a critical evaluation (3,000 words). The workshop plans, which will be submitted weekly, will also be included in this submission (20%).

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 26/04/2017

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