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Martin-Reynolds, Joanne; Hurley, Marian Smith – 1986
Information on the graduate student orientation program at Bowling Green State University is presented. The orientation program serves about 500 graduate students during the summer and about 100 additional students during the fall and spring semesters. The program is designed to support the graduate students' teaching and research skills and to…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Conferences, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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Boehrer, John; Sarkisian, Ellen – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1985
Views of teaching assistants (TAs) concerning the significance and impact of the job are considered, along with their interactions with the college and students. Teaching competence, knowledge, facilitating learning, TAs' responsibilities to the student, and feedback to TAs are also covered, including first person comments of three TAs. (SW)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Feedback, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Kinginger, Celeste – 1998
An instructional module designed to help prepare college-level teaching assistants (TAs) for their duties in second language instruction is presented. The purpose of this module is to assist TAs in integrating what they are learning about teaching methods, language acquisition, and the nature of the profession. There are five parts, each…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Faculty Development, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education. – 1982
This annual journal issue contains 21 papers, many of which were developed as background pieces for sessions of the annual conferences of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD). Papers are grouped into four sections on: personal reflections, faculty development, evaluation of teaching practices, and…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Environment
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Smith, Kathleen S. – Innovative Higher Education, 1993
This case study of an international teaching assistant's experience with college teaching focuses on the process of becoming an effective instructor in the undergraduate classroom. A developmental model that emphasizes clarifying the student's individual linguistic, cultural, social, and professional goals is suggested, and implications for…
Descriptors: Acculturation, College Instruction, Foreign Students, Goal Orientation
Kurfiss, Joanne Gainen, Ed. – 1988
This collection of papers, the seventh in an annual series, presents views of members of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education on classroom research, the fostering of student inquiry, the realities and possibilities of academic life, and the training and support of academic professionals. Articles and authors…
Descriptors: Career Development, Case Studies, College Faculty, Educational Improvement
Slevin, James F. – 1992
This monograph presents results and recommendations from a project designed as a collaborative effort to prepare graduate students in the humanities for careers as scholar-teachers within institutions committed to liberal education. The project's two principle activities are discussed under the following headings: (1) Encountering Campus Cultures:…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cooperation, Educational Change, General Education
Lambert, Leo M., Ed.; And Others – 1996
This book for graduate teaching assistants (TAs) presents 15 essays regarding the place of teaching in the lives of those teaching at the university level, and the responsibilities of teachers at all points in their careers. The book offers practical classroom strategies as well as selections from current research on teaching and learning. The 15…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Essays, Ethnic Groups
MINNETESOL Journal, 1994
The 12 volumes of the professional journal contain articles on a wide variety of topics on classroom techniques, curriculum design, class activities, and research in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teaching at all educational levels. General topics include: communicating with ESL students; current events in the classroom; cultural test bias;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, American Indians, Bilingualism