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Symposium to share impact of Royal Shakespeare Company’s approach to teaching Shakespeare

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New research from the University of Warwick shows that using the Royal Shakespeare Company’s approach to studying Shakespeare can significantly improve student language acquisition and skills – with some schools reporting better SATS and GCSE English scores as a result.

The findings are discussed at a symposium for Headteachers and curriculum leaders at Stratford-Upon-Avon on Friday 22 June 2018.

The research, carried out on behalf of the RSC by The Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research at the University of Warwick, included 100 schools nationwide who are involved in the RSC’s Associate Schools’ Programme – a long-term partnership programme between schools, regional theatres and the RSC that immerses teachers and students in a new approach to teaching Shakespeare, based on the techniques that RSC actors and directors use in rehearsals. Headline findings include:

 

 

Elsewhere in the research senior school teachers agreed that the RSC approaches were especially helpful in preparing students for the new GCSE exam which requires them to critically analyse previously unseen sections of text. Primary school teachers found that RSC approaches supported their work with English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (EGPS).

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