Course summary
Performance Teaching is designed to support professional musicians, actors, theatre technicians and dancers who teach as part of their practice as performers or in undertaking a portfolio career. The programme provides a unique opportunity to develop creative and reflective practice in performance teaching. Students will be encouraged to identify a personal pathway for their development, focusing on the pedagogy of performance and creative practice in the performing arts, in specific contexts that are most relevant to their career aspirations. The PGCert in Performance Teaching will prepare you for employment as a professional artist-teacher in a range of contexts, including Higher Education, specialist performing arts schools and junior conservatoires, state and independent schools, community and lifelong learning, and inclusive learning programmes such as Sistema-inspired initiatives. Participants with enough current Higher Education teaching experience have the option of completing an elective, Reflective Practice in Higher Education, which will lead to professional recognition from the UK Higher Education Academy This programme attracts applicants who are interested in creative, innovative and evidence-based performance teaching and offers:
- A strong focus on critically reflective practice, framed by professional guidelines such as the Higher Education Academy Professional Standards Framework
- Interdisciplinary perspectives
- Feedback on practical work in Higher Education or Inclusive Learning settings
- Teaching and mentoring delivered by an experienced team who individually have strong professional reputations as educators, performers and researchers
- An educational philosophy that celebrates professionalism, international perspectives, creativity, and innovative practices in performance teaching
Modules
modules to include: Core Module 1: Fundamental principles in performance pedagogy: Elective A – Reflective Practice in Higher Education: Elective B – Reflective Practice in Inclusive Learning.
Assessment method
Assessment for learning is seen as an integral part of the learning process and is used formatively throughout the programme. Formative assessment is a core, embedded feature of this programme which aims to support the development of reflective, self-regulated and creative practice in performance pedagogy. To this end, throughout the programme participants participate in Action Learning Sets where they are guided by pedagogy mentors and develop their skills in giving and responding to peer formative assessment. Summative assessments take the form of written work (critical reflections; written observation reports), group and individual presentations; and critiques of recorded examples of teaching or facilitating learning in performance pedagogy contexts. The individual summative assessments have been designed to reflect the learning objectives and core activities in the programme.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Higher Education Academy
Entry requirements
Applicants should normally have obtained an undergraduate degree in music performance, acting, dance or technical theatre arts or equivalent qualification. An applicant without an undergraduate degree may be eligible for non-standard entry and will be required to supply additional documentation, for example a professional CV and an academic essay.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | Non-native speakers of English should have achieved a minimum overall score of 6.5 in the IELTS Academic Training examination with no individual component score below 6.0 (or equivalent). |
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
Fees are variable depending on the mode of study. Please consult the School website for more information: https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/study-with-guildhall/fees-and-funding
Sponsorship information
The School does its best to ensure that no student who is offered a place on merit is prevented from taking up that place on grounds of financial hardship and so a range of financial support is offered. The School offers a wide range of scholarships to students regardless of domicile. A scholarship award may be made to cover either the full cost of tuition fees or a fraction of them, and may include an element for maintenance. Awards are made by academic staff to individuals on the basis of their talent, their potential and their personal financial need. Applicants may be considered for a scholarship at audition and a scholarship may be given along with an offer of a place at the School. All students who accept a place at the School can also apply for scholarship support.
Provider information
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Silk Street
City of London
EC2Y 8DT