GCE AS/ADrama & Theatre Studies (5241, 6241)
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The closing date for all entries for any units in GCE legacy specifications is 21 October 2009.
What's On?
In response to requests from centres for AQA to provide information on theatre listings, The Stage website offers A–Z listings by production and location.
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Listings in The Stage do not imply any recommendation or endorsement by AQA. Teachers are advised to check the suitability of productions before booking.
Candidate responses to the written papers
Read/download candidate responses to the written papers, commentaries and brief guidance notes in PDF format. This material should be read in conjunction with the Report on the Examination for the corresponding series.
Summer 2004
Summer 2005
Teachers' Guides
A Teacher's Guide is available in this subject. A copy has been sent all registered AQA examination centres. Further printed copies can be purchased from AQA Publications Department. These Guides are not available on-line.
The Guide contains:
- A section outlining the links between this specification and the AQA (AEB) syllabus in Advanced Level Theatre Studies from which it has been developed
- An outline of how the specification can be fitted into a variety of curriculum models
- A look at how synoptic assessment is addressed in units 4 and 6
- An exploration of assessment issues, and an outline of the content of each of the externally assessed units
- Advice on how to prepare students for assessment in these areas along with some examples of the question styles that are used
- Advice on the teaching of practical skills and the issues arising from the practical units, dealing with issues such as group size, content, text choices and support for teachers
- Advice about course delivery suggesting how to approach modular assessment, approaches to subject content and a series of schemes of work which have been designed to fit into varied models of delivery
- Some teaching approaches to the set texts and practitioners
- Suggestions for plays suitable for production for unit 4
- A general resource list
- Finally there is a section which outlines how the specification can be used in the delivery of the main key skills