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Cho, YoonJung; Kim, Myoungsook; Svinicki, Marilla D.; Decker, Mark Lowry – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
The purpose of the study was to explore a conceptual structure of graduate teaching assistant (GTA) teaching concerns. Results indicated that GTAs experience five distinct, inter-related types of concerns: class control, external evaluation, task, impact and role/time/communication. These "teaching concerns" were further analysed by…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Teaching Experience, Teaching Assistants
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Edmond, Nadia – Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
Rapid change in higher education (HE) has lead to a reappraisal and debate about the role and "mission" of the university and the university teacher. In the diversification of the HE sector, it is possible to see a shift away from the "advancement of knowledge" as the primary purpose of the HE sector as a whole. This article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Role of Education, Professional Development
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Park, Chris – Teaching in Higher Education, 2004
The employment of graduate students on a part-time basis to help with the teaching of undergraduates is growing in the UK and many higher education institutions are confronted with challenges about how best to do this. UK institutions have much to learn from North American experience of appointing graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), and this…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Conflict, Teaching Assistants, Foreign Countries