What Should Graduate Teaching Assistants Know about Teaching?

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Lowman ◽  
Virginia Andreoli Mathie
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Professional Socialization ◽  
Teaching Assistant ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Graduate Teaching ◽  
The Common

This article reports results of a content analysis of 18 teaching assistant (TA) manuals. Topics were divided into four major categories of tasks: professional socialization, intellectual, interpersonal, and organizational. Twenty-six of the 103 topics identified were included in more than 50% of the manuals. Among the common topics, more topics were included from the categories dealing with intellectual and interpersonal tasks than from the other two categories, highlighting the importance of these two dimensions of effective teaching, which is consistent with Lowman's (1984) theoretical model. The topic outline provided by our study could serve as a model for TA manuals.

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.

scholarly journals A Graduate Teaching Assistant Workshop in a Faculty of Science

1969 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-120
Author(s):  
Dik Harris ◽  
Laura April McEwen
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Teaching Assistant ◽  
Graduate Teaching Assistants ◽  
Graduate Teaching Assistant ◽  
Teaching Fellows ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Graduate Teaching ◽  
Canadian Research

This article describes the design and implementation of a workshop on teaching and learning for graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) in a Faculty of Science at a major Canadian research-intensive university. The approach borrows heavily from an existing successful workshop for faculty but is tailored specifically to the needs of GTAs in science in an environment where departmental resources are largely absent. Thus, the workshop is unusual in that it finds a midpoint between centrally administered, discipline-neutral programs and those that are discipline specific. Equally, it is unusual because it was conceived, implemented, and continues to evolve through the active involvement of teaching fellows, themselves GTAs, who receive particular preparation for their role. The approach is discussed in relation to other approaches found in the literature.  

scholarly journals Developing a Model of Graduate Teaching Assistant Teacher Efficacy: How Do High and Low Teacher Efficacy Teaching Assistants Compare?

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. ar2
Author(s):  
Cody R. Smith ◽  
Cesar Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Efficacy ◽  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Teaching Assistant ◽  
Graduate Teaching Assistants ◽  
Vicarious Experience ◽  
Graduate Teaching Assistant ◽  
Graduate Teaching ◽  
Mastery Experience

This study identifies factors that influence the development of teacher efficacy in STEM graduate teaching assistants over the course of one semester. Those with high teacher efficacy draw upon mastery experience, vicarious experience, and verbal and social persuasions from reliable sources, such as professors and accomplished peers.

scholarly journals Organizational Culture in the Hospitality Sector: A Study of two organizations in Nagpur city

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Parvin Shaikh
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
The Common ◽  
Normative Value

<div><p><em>Organizational culture refers to the common beliefs and values that are present in the organization which guides the behavior of its members. Organizational culture affects the way people and groups interact with each other, with clients, and with stakeholders. The main purpose of this paper is to study the OCTAPACE Culture at two different organizations belonging to Hospitality sector in Nagpur. The paper also aims to find out if there are differences in the culture of the two organizations. OCTAPACE profile instrument developed by Udai Pareek was used to study the cultural ethos at the selected organizations. Data analysis was done using SPSS. Findings indicate that the both the organizations scored within the normative values on five dimensions (Collaboration, Trust, Autonomy, Pro action, Confrontation), whereas one organization had excellent scores on two dimensions (Authenticity, Experimenting), the other scored below the lowest normative value on Openness.</em></p></div>

scholarly journals Professional development of graduate teaching assistants in faculty-like positions: Fostering reflective practices through reflective teaching journals

2014 ◽  
pp. 96-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muriel Gallego
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Graduate Teaching Assistants ◽  
Reflective Teaching ◽  
Graduate Teaching ◽  
Different Levels

This study explores the outcomes of reflective journaling among novice Graduate Teaching Assistants during the initial stages of their professional development. It seeks to establish whether there were common concerns addressed in their journals and if different levels of reflection were achieved. By means of content analysis of 177 entries, nine common themes were identified. Among these,  “methodology” and “classroom management” were the most prevalent. Three degrees of reflection were used to categorize the entries. Slightly over half of the entries achieved high levels of reflection, whereas 49% of the entries did not. Recommendations for teacher educators and facilitators of the professional development of graduate students are provided.  

scholarly journals To Cope or Not to Cope? Characterizing Biology Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Coping with Teaching and Research Anxieties

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. ar56
Author(s):  
Miranda M. Chen Musgrove ◽  
Alyssa Cooley ◽  
Olivia Feiten ◽  
Kate Petrie ◽  
Elisabeth E. Schussler
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Teaching Assistant ◽  
Adaptive Coping ◽  
Graduate Teaching Assistant ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Graduate Teaching ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Support Seeking ◽  
Over Time

Biology graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) often used adaptive coping strategies to manage teaching and research anxieties. Notably, GTAs tended to use strategies such as support seeking, self-reliance, accommodation, and distraction more often to manage research anxieties compared with teaching anxieties. Over time, GTAs narrowed their adaptive coping to certain strategies.

scholarly journals Prevalência da síndrome de burnout e o significado de arbitrar em árbitros de handebol

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Diego Dos Reis ◽  
Daniel Alvarez Pires
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
The Other ◽  
Personal Meaning ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Inferential Analysis ◽  
Post Hoc

O estudo tem como objetivos verificar a prevalência de burnout em árbitros de handebol e investigar a percepção do árbitro acerca da sua profissão, identificando fatores que podem causar a síndrome de burnout. Participaram do estudo 27 árbitros de handebol de ambos os sexos. Foi utilizado o Inventário de Burnout para Árbitros. Os árbitros também responderam a uma pergunta de resposta aberta: “escreva o significado de arbitrar para você”. Tal pergunta objetiva investigar a percepção do árbitro acerca da sua profissão. Utilizamos o programa Bioestat versão 5.0 para analisar a prevalência de burnout em árbitros. O teste de Shapiro-Wilk foi empregado para verificar a normalidade das dimensões. Não havendo normalidade nos dados, foi feita a análise inferencial com o emprego da Anova Kruskall Wallis com post hoc de Wilcoxon para a comparação entre as dimensões. Os dados gerados pelas respostas à pergunta aberta foram analisados a partir da técnica da análise de conteúdo. Os árbitros avaliados apresentaram baixos índices de burnout total. Entretanto, a dimensão exaustão física e emocional foi mais percebida em comparação às outras duas dimensões: reduzido senso de realização esportiva e desvalorização esportiva. A partir da análise do significado de arbitrar, foi possível identificar que fatores motivacionais, em especial emoção e prazer, contribuem para a aderência e permanência dos mesmos na arbitragem. Portanto, os árbitros se mostraram pouco propensos à manifestação da síndrome de burnout.ABSTRACT. Prevalence of burnout syndrome and referee personal meaning in handball referees. This study aims to verify the prevalence of burnout in handball referees and to investigate the referee’s perception of his/her profession, and identifying factors that can cause burnout syndrome. Twenty-seven handball referees of both sexes participated in the study. The burnout inventory for referees was used. In addition to the questionnaire, the referees responded to an open-ended question: “Write the meaning of refereeing for you”. This question seeks to investigate the referee’s perception of his profession. To evaluate the burnout questionnaire in referees, the data were analyzed in the program Bioestat version 5.0. The Shapiro-Wilk test was used to verify the normality of the dimensions. In the absence of normality in the data, the inferential analysis was done with the use of Anova Kruskall Wallis, with post hoc of Wilcoxon, in order to compare the dimensions. To evaluate the open-ended question, we treat the data by the content analysis technique. The evaluated referees presented low rates of total burnout. However, the physical and emotional exhaustion dimension showed to be more perceived when compared to the other two dimensions: reduced sense of sports accomplishment and sports devaluation. Based on the analysis of the meaning of refereeing, it was possible to identify that motivational factors, especially emotion and pleasure, contribute to the adherence and permanence in the sport’s context, so emotion and pleasure in the arbitration were the main motivational factors. Therefore, referees showed little propensity to manifest the burnout syndrome.

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