Role of Teaching Assistants in Synchronous Smart Classrooms

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shen Zhao ◽  
Harrison Hao Yang ◽  
Yanhong Li
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Smart Classrooms

scholarly journals Graduate Students as Independent Instructors: Seven Things to Know about Teaching Your Own Course while in Graduate School

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (03) ◽  
pp. 557-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward M. Burmila
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Novice Teachers ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Undergraduate Instruction ◽  
Graduate Instructors

AbstractDespite being responsible for a large percentage of undergraduate instruction, graduate students often receive little preparation for their first solo teaching assignments (J. D. Nyquist et al.,Change31 (3): 18, 1999). Furthermore, the existing literature on pedagogy fails to address the unique challenges faced by graduate students who are asked to serve as course instructors rather than teaching assistants. This article presents seven pieces of advice intended to better prepare the predoctoral graduate student to assume the role of the professor before assuming the title. By understanding the attitudes of undergraduate students toward graduate instructors, preparing in advance to handle the mistakes that novice teachers often make, and recognizing the correlation between outward confidence and student perceptions of instructor quality, graduate students can derive the most benefit from a stressful and time-consuming assignment. Most important, graduate instructors can learn to effectively manage the time spent on teaching duties to ensure that other responsibilities such as coursework, qualifying exams, and dissertation research do not suffer.

scholarly journals An Overview of the Teaching Assistant Consultant Program for Developing Competency in Novice Engineering Graduate Teaching Assistants

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kush Bubbar ◽  
Alexandros Dimopoulos ◽  
Cynthia Korpan ◽  
Peter Wild
Keyword(s):  
Student Teaching ◽  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Teaching Assistant ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Graduate Teaching ◽  
International Teaching ◽  
Specific Implementation ◽  
The University

As engineering education strives to progress towards a student-centric learning model, a competency gap with future educators becomes more apparent. In particular, the expectation of graduate student teaching assistants (GTAs) in attaining teaching competency to support this dynamic learning environment, often without sufficient training, is unrealistic.In the following paper, we present an implementation of the flexible Teaching Assistant Consultant (TAC) program, which serves to support the development of novice GTA competencies using a discipline-specific model with emphasis on assisting the unique challenges of international teaching assistants.We introduce the specific role of the TAC in terms of core principles and deliverables, and the strategic structure of the campus wide program at the University of Victoria. We conclude by detailing the specific implementation of the program in engineering by illustrating the role and deliverables of the engineering TAC.

The wider pedagogical role of teaching assistants

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Webster ◽  
Peter Blatchford ◽  
Paul Bassett ◽  
Penelope Brown ◽  
Clare Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Assistants

Inclusive classrooms in Italy and England: the role of support teachers and teaching assistants

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Devecchi ◽  
Filippo Dettori ◽  
Mary Doveston ◽  
Paul Sedgwick ◽  
Johnston Jament
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Inclusive Classrooms
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