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Andrews, John D. W. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1985
Resources pertinent to teaching assistants at colleges are identified. The listing includes general books on teaching, handbooks designed for the TA, discipline-centered materials, videotapes and other materials for use in workshops, and organizations that can provide workshops and other opportunities to contact resource persons. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Instruction, Higher Education, Information Sources
Rethinking the "Foreign TA Problem."
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Fisher, Michele – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1985
Cultural and language barriers facing foreign teaching assistants are discussed. Universities may test the spoken English ability of foreign graduate students and train currently employed foreign teaching assistants through lectures, tapes, and demonstration of teaching skills; information on American campus life; and English practice. Follow-up…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
The Process of Launching a TA Development Program.
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Andrews, John D. W. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1985
Approaches to developing teaching assistant programs are discussed, based on the organizational change literature. Five models are identified: rational planning, social interaction, human problem solving, political models, and a research and development approach. Political processes often can be blended with social interaction and problem-solving…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Planning, Higher Education, Organizational Change
Programs for TAs in the Context of Campus Policies and Priorities.
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Smock, Richard; Menges, Robert – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1985
Establishing a program to help teaching assistants (TAs) become better teachers is discussed, including advantages/disadvantages of five possible organizational locations: individual course instructors, departments, colleges of education, other individual colleges, and a central administrative office. A mix of locations and criteria for assessing…
Descriptors: Departments, Educational Policy, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
The Future Is Now: A Call for Action and List of Resources.
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Border, Laura L. B.; Chism, Nancy Van Note – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1992
The implications for administrators, instructional staff, faculty and teaching assistant developers, and students of efforts to address college classroom diversity are summarized; resource people at colleges and universities with successful programs are listed; and an annotated bibliography of related print materials is provided. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Annotated Bibliographies, College Administration, College Instruction
Improving the Climate: Eight Universities Meet the Challenges of Diversity.
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vom Saal, Diane R.; And Others – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1992
Programs for faculty and teaching assistants at eight universities were designed to address the instructional needs of increasingly diverse student populations. Common elements of success included institutional commitment, administrative support, faculty involvement, active learning strategies, facilitator training, and evaluation. The programs…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Environment, College Instruction