Are there aspects of your practice you could improve? This course provides teachers working with lower attaining AS/A Level music students with a comprehensive toolkit to increase performance levels, together with practical strategies and advice for the new linear exams.
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
- Learn how to improve students’ confidence and ability in aural skills
- Develop new approaches to teaching dictation effectively
- Explore how to lay the foundations for more advanced dictation skills
- Gain new approaches to developing aural analytic skills for examination
- Take away strategies on how to answer exam questions successfully
| COURSE DATE | London, Tuesday 27 June 2017 | ||||||
| WHO FOR? | Heads of Music & Music Technology Teachers of A level Music |
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| COURSE CODE | 6822 | ||||||
| IN-SCHOOL | You can also book this as an In-School Course | ||||||
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1
10.00 – 10.45am: Identifying challenging skills and topics in A Level Music
- What are the big challenges for weaker students in A Level Music?
- Bridging the gap from GCSE to A level
2
10.45 – 11.00am: Break
3
11.00 – 12.30pm: Developing ways to Teach Listening and Analysis EffectivelyTeaching dictation effectively
- Developing effective techniques to help students retain knowledge, understand concepts and develop skills
- Practical ideas and approaches to use when students struggle with listening
- Utilise strategies to encourage independent learning
4
12.30 – 1.30pm: Lunch
5
1.30 – 2.30pm: Developing ways to teach Composition & Technical Studies
- Getting the basics right to give a good foundation
- Effective strategies for the weaker student
- Exploring ways to approach a brief
- Practical ideas and strategies to support struggling students
6
2.30 – 3.30pm: Exam technique: teaching strategies to enhance exam performance
- Embed the teaching of exam techniques to enhance the performance of lower ability students for linear exams
- Explore ways to help students identify where they need to improve and how to achieve this
- Help learners interpret questions and understand what knowledge, skills to deploy
- Explore ways to effectively support and drive learners
- Explore strategies to improve confidence and maintain effort
- Discussion and questions
Leah Morrell
Leah Morrell is currently Head of Music at an outstanding school in Birmingham; the music department has recently been recognised for achieving results within the top 10% nationally. She has delivered training to PGCE music students at Wolverhampton University, and is also a senior examiner for a major awarding body.