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Burt, Lindsay; Klotz, Audie – Journal of Political Science Education, 2023
Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) who run independent sections for larger lecture courses typically receive insufficient feedback. Course evaluations, already flawed by numerous biases, offer an amalgam of student reactions to lecture and section, even when comments specifically laud or criticize section instructors. Course designs also vary…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, International Relations, Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants
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Mann, Daniel; Mahavongtrakul, Matthew; Hooper, Ashley – To Improve the Academy, 2021
As higher education shifts toward a culture of evidence-based teaching practices, future faculty are seeking opportunities to develop their pedagogical knowledge and skills. Many centers for teaching and learning (CTLs) have not proportionally grown in resources to meet the demand for graduate student and postdoctoral scholar programming (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Education, Student Development, Scholarship
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Amy Lawrence-Wallquist; Lucinda Ford; Mehmet Kirmizi; Cody Patterson – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2023
In 2003, the Texas State Legislature enacted the Texas Success Initiative (TSI). Upon entering a postsecondary institution, non-exempt students are tested using the TSI Assessment. A student's scores are used to assist Texas public institutions of higher education in determining if students are prepared for introductory college coursework in the…
Descriptors: College Readiness, College Freshmen, Student Evaluation, Introductory Courses
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Alicea-Muñoz, Emily; Subiño Sullivan, Carol; Schatz, Michael F. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) are key partners in the education of undergraduates. Given the potentially large impact GTAs can have on undergraduate student learning, it is important to provide them with appropriate preparation for teaching. But GTAs are students themselves, and not all of them desire to pursue an academic career. Fully…
Descriptors: Physics, Doctoral Students, Teaching Assistants, Science Instruction
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Jao, Limin; Sahmbi, Gurpreet; Huang, Ying-Syuan – Teacher Educator, 2020
In this article, we describe the experiences of two preservice teachers (PSTs) who served as teaching assistants (TAs) in a secondary mathematics teaching methods course. As TAs, the PSTs approximated practice by being independently responsible for a learning environment and leading discussions with groups of students. Although the PSTs felt…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
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Dragisich, Vera; Keller, Valerie; Black, Rebecca; Heaps, Charles W.; Kamm, Judith M.; Olechnowicz, Frank; Raybin, Jonathan; Rombola, Michael; Zhao, Meishan – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
Based on our long-standing Intensive Training Program for Effective Teaching Assistants in Chemistry, we have developed an Advanced Training Course for Teachers and Researchers in Chemistry at The University of Chicago. The topics in this course are designed to train graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) to become effective teachers and well-rounded…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Teachers, Educational Researchers, Teaching Assistants
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Dragisich, Vera; Keller, Valerie; Zhao, Meishan – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
We report an intensive graduate teaching assistant (GTA) training program developed at The University of Chicago. The program has been assessed and has been successful in preparing GTAs for effective discussion and laboratory teaching for both general and organic chemistry. We believe that this training program can provide insightful information…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Chemistry, Professional Development, Capacity Building
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Lockwood, Stephanie A.; Miller, Amanda J.; Cromie, Meghan M. – American Biology Teacher, 2014
Formal professional development programs for biology graduate students interested in becoming faculty members have come far; however, programs that provide advanced teaching experience for seasoned graduate teaching assistants are scarce. We outline an advanced program that focuses on further training of graduate teaching assistants in pedagogy…
Descriptors: Biology, Professional Development, Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants
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Rinfrette, Elaine S.; Maccio, Elaine M.; Coyle, James P.; Jackson, Kelly F.; Hartinger-Saunders, Robin M.; Rine, Christine M.; Shulman, Lawrence – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2015
Teaching in higher education is often not addressed in doctoral education, even though many doctoral graduates will eventually teach. This article describes a biweekly teaching workshop, presents pitfalls and challenges that beginning instructors face, and advocates pedagogical training for doctoral students. Led by a well-known social work…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Teacher Workshops, Teaching Experience
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Bullough, Andrew; Booth, Josephine – Education in Science, 2013
There is very little in the way of dedicated subject-specific continuing professional development (CPD) provision for science teachers in special schools, nor for those who work in the mainstream, but have children with special educational needs in their classes. For the last two years, the Centre for Science Education (CSE) has been working with…
Descriptors: Students, Teaching Methods, Physical Disabilities, Science Teachers
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Dunn-Haley, Karen; Zanzucchi, Anne – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
Professional development of graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) regarding interpersonal boundaries is key not only to the well-being of the GTAs but also to the undergraduates they are teaching. GTAs who are developing their professional identities are a primary contact for undergraduates, especially in lower-division classes, and thus play a key…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Interpersonal Relationship, Group Dynamics
Modern Language Association, 2013
The recommendations and questions in this report enumerate key factors that may help a department answer the most important question about a graduate program: does it give its students the time and resources necessary to complete their degrees in a timely fashion? This document offers best practices in seven general areas for improving the…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Graduate Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Nelson, Kristen – Principal, 2010
Principal shortages have become a nationwide issue, with education publications frequently discussing the devastating problem of not having enough high-quality candidates apply for administrative positions. The conundrum begs the question: Where have all the instructional leaders gone? To meet the challenge of keeping high-quality principal…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, School Districts, Teaching Assistants, Instructional Leadership
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Rees, Mary E. – Teacher Development, 2009
This paper is a narrative of two dimensions of professional learning: a personal one following the development of the author's own understanding of professional learning and its impact on practice explored through her research into support staff in schools. It draws on three research projects which examined the role and work of teaching assistants…
Descriptors: Expertise, Faculty Development, Teaching Assistants, Professional Development
Mills, Lynne – School-University Partnerships, 2010
Small universities deal with two primary issues when beginning to use the Professional Development School model: Adequate Funding and Faculty Support. Possible solutions are discussed, including ways to provide adequate funding through grants, enrichment/tutoring programs, reallocation of existing funds, and university priority money, as well as…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Tutoring, Universities, Small Colleges
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