HIGHER & ADVANCED HIGHER DRAMA

HIGHER

ADVANCED HIGHER

HIGHER DRAMA

The course enables candidates to develop and use a range of complex drama skills and production skills. Candidates develop practical skills in creating and presenting drama, and knowledge and understanding of historical, social and cultural influences on drama. They analyse and evaluate how the use of self-expression, language and movement can develop their ideas for drama. They also develop critical thinking skills as they investigate, develop and apply a range of complex drama skills and production skills. The course enables candidates to:

Generate and communicate thoughts and ideas when creating drama
Develop a knowledge and understanding of the historical, social and cultural influences on drama
Develop complex skills in presenting and analysing drama
Develop knowledge and understanding of complex production skills when presenting drama
Explore drama form, structure, genre and style

The course is suitable for candidates with an aptitude for drama or for those wishing to progress to further levels of study. It allows candidates to further extend their drama skills developed through the National 5 Drama course.

The course is largely learner-centred with practical and experiential learning opportunities. The learning experiences in the course are flexible and adaptable, with opportunities for personalisation and choice. This makes it accessible as it can be contextualised to suit a diverse range of candidates’ needs and aspirations.

This course helps candidates to develop broad, generic skills. These skills are based on SQA’s Skills Framework: Skills for Learning, Skills for Life and Skills for Work and draw from the following main skills areas:

1 Literacy

1.3 Listening and talking

3 Health and wellbeing

3.1 Personal learning

4 Employability, enterprise and citizenship

4.3 Working with others

5 Thinking skills

5.3 Applying

5.4 Analysing and evaluating

5.5 Creating

ADVANCED HIGHER DRAMA

The course enables candidates to explore both the practical and analytical aspects of drama. Candidates investigate how professional theatre practice has been shaped by influential theatre practitioners. The course aims to enable candidates to:

Develop autonomy and independent thinking skills analyse professional theatrical performance
Develop knowledge and understanding of professional theatre practice and influential practitioners
Investigate how theatre practitioners have influenced professional theatre
Develop knowledge and understanding of historical, social, cultural and/or political influences on drama
Apply critical, investigative and analytical skills to a performance issue
Apply creative and critical thinking to synthesise ideas and arguments
Develop analytical skills in the interpretation of texts
Develop and extend skills in performing within their chosen area of acting, directing or design
Develop their skills in devising drama and interpreting complex texts
Explore how to use theatre and performance skills to communicate effectively with an audience
Develop creativity when applying skills in problem solving, analysis and evaluation

The course is suitable for candidates with an aptitude for theoretical and practical aspects of drama and for those wishing to progress to further levels of study. It allows candidates to further extend their drama skills developed through the Higher Drama course.

The course is largely learner-centred, with practical and experiential learning opportunities. The learning experiences in the course are flexible and adaptable, with opportunities for personalisation and choice. This makes it accessible, as it can be contextualised to suit a diverse range of candidates’ needs and aspirations.