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Peer reviewedSpooner, Michael; O'Donnell, Holly – English Education, 1987
Offers brief descriptions of several current approaches to training teaching assistants, as represented in documents included in the ERIC system. (JD)
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Professional Development, Professional Education
Peer reviewedLehr, Fran – English Education, 1983
Describes the efforts of three college English departments to train their undergraduate and graduate students to teach writing. (HOD)
Descriptors: English Departments, English Teacher Education, Higher Education, Teacher Education Curriculum
Download full textCavell, Lori J. – 2000
This digest addresses the history, motives, key players, potential effects, and future of the graduate student unionization movement. The course of faulty unionization efforts is intricately tied to that of graduate student unions. Graduate student employees have attempted to unionize at both public and private college and universities. There has…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Part Time Faculty
Garcia-Barbosa, Tamara J.; Mascazine, John R. – 1998
Graduate students are often assigned teaching responsibilities as part of an assistantship, but most have had very little or no formal teaching experience. This digest summarizes some of the literature and resources available to support graduate assistants in their teaching roles. Sections include: (1) "Attention to How Students Learn";…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Resource Materials
Stahl, Norman A.; And Others – 1991
This digest discusses some of the ways basic skills instructors can help students become real learners. The digest argues that the "learning specialist" (a term preferable to "remedial/developmental" reading specialist) should operate from a philosophical perspective stressing strategic approaches to reading-to-learn as driven…
Descriptors: College Students, Critical Thinking, Free Writing, Higher Education
Sensenbaugh, Roger – 1995
This digest focuses on verbal and nonverbal communication behaviors in the college classroom. The digest reviews research on the kinds of behaviors instructors, many of whom are graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), exhibit, and students' reactions to and attitudes about those behaviors. The digest also reviews research on teacher immediacy…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Students, Communication Research, Communication Skills
Smith, Rosslyn M.; And Others – 1992
Despite complaints from undergraduate students concerning language and pedagogical skills of international teaching assistants (ITAs), institutions of higher education continue to appoint ITAs to teach. Legislative mandates have appeared to assess and improve language and pedagogical skills of ITAs, and the academies have likewise responded with…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Students
Smith, Rosslyn M.; And Others – 1992
This digest summarizes a longer document with the same title that discusses the problem of using, training, and assessing international teaching assistants (ITAs) in undergraduate education. Legislative mandates have appeared to assess and improve language and pedagogical skills of ITAs, and academies have likewise responded with workshops and…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Students
