IB Workshop Programmes:

(If you have a particular need not covered below, and you would prefer a customised programme, please contact us)

 - In-school and/or collaborative (for further information about this, click here)

Diploma

These workshops look at all aspects of delivering the IB diploma programme in Theatre Arts, including:

• The Philosophy of the programme

• A comprehensive analysis of the subject guide

• Planning a programme

• Strategies for delivering the curriculum, with relevant workshop activities

• Examination and explanation of both internal and external assessment requirements, using exemplars

• Group activities and question time

The consultant is an experienced IB Diploma teacher and workshop leader.  She has worked in drama departments around the world and led workshops on three continents.

Sample IB diploma Theatre Arts workshop – one day

 IB Theatre Arts is one of the few examinations in the world that gives students credit for being creative, inventive and taking risks.  It also recognizes the importance of the group in the overall development of the individual.  Through its study of world theatre it validates the role of drama in the life of all communities.

These workshops include many practical workshop activities for participants. This sample is for teachers new to the programme, though ideally it could be extended to two days for a more in-depth experience. It can also act as a refresher course for more experienced teachers, with more topics covered in greater detail.

Session 1 – General Introduction

• Understanding the philosophy of IB Theatre Arts

• What makes IB Theatre Arts special?

• Review of the Subject Guide – meeting the needs of the curriculum.

Session 2 – The Course

• What should we teach and how should we teach it?

• Planning practical schemes of work.

• Matching curriculum to assessment.

Session 3 – The Portfolio

• Ways of recording performance skills and theatre production

• Student self-assessment during the process of both course work and production.

Session 4 – World Theatre Studies

• Choosing the traditions – what exactly is a ‘tradition’?

• Practical approaches – using local resources.

Session 5 - The Research Commission – ‘distant from the candidate’s own time and/or culture’.

• What does it look like?

• What is the role of the dramaturge?

Session 6 – Practical Play Analysis 

• Practical advice, tips and guidelines.

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