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Direct linkSarah Alix – David Fulton Publishers, 2023
This highly practical book supports the knowledge and development of teaching assistants and learning support assistants (TAs/LSAs) in their understanding of neurodivergent pupils. Considering a neurodivergent world is vital in society today, and even more so in the classroom. Starting with a model of difference rather than deficit and…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Resource Staff, Resource Materials, Guides
Armstrong, Kacie L., Ed.; Genova, Lauren A., Ed.; Greenlee, John Wyatt, Ed.; Samuel, Derina S., Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2021
"Teaching Gradually" is a guide for anyone new to teaching and learning in higher education. Written "for" graduate student instructors, "by" graduate students with substantive teaching experience, this resource is among the first of its kind to speak to graduate students as comrades-in-arms with voices from alongside…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teaching Methods, Teaching Experience, Authors
Roseboro, Anna J. Small; Marschall, Claudia A. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021
New college instructors often are advised, coached, and mentored by department professors who may not have scheduled class time to meet regularly with their novice educators. This book meets many of the principles outlined in the position statements of the Conference on College Composition and Communications and the Council of Writing Program…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Morale, Beginning Teachers, Teaching Guides
Looney, Stephen Daniel, Ed.; Bhalla, Shereen, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2019
North American universities depend on international teaching assistants (ITAs) as a substantial part of the teaching labor force, which has led to the idea of an 'ITA problem', a deficiency model which is framed as a divergence between ITAs' linguistic competence and undergraduates' and their parents' expectations. This outdated positioning of…
Descriptors: Intonation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Pronunciation, Teaching Assistants
Hall, Joan Kelly; Hellermann, John; Doehler, Simona Pekarek – Multilingual Matters, 2011
Drawing on data from a range of contexts, including classrooms, pharmacy consultations, tutoring sessions, and video-game playing, and a range of languages including English, German, French, Danish and Icelandic, the studies in this volume address challenges suggested by these questions: What kinds of interactional resources do L2 users draw on to…
Descriptors: Video Games, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Baiocco, Sharon A.; DeWaters, Jamie N. – 1998
This book offers successful teaching approaches based on college surveys and interviews with 30 professors who have received awards for teaching excellence. Chapter 1 is an overview of the challenges of college teaching. Chapters 2 and 3 consider agents for change, institutional inertia, and an historical evaluation of faculty development.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Tyrer, Richard; Gunn, Stuart; Lee, Chris; Parker, Maureen; Pittman, Mary; Townsend, Mark – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2004
This book offers the notion of a "toolkit" to allow Teaching Assistants (TAs) and colleagues to review and revise their thinking and practice about real issues and challenges in managing individuals, groups, colleagues and themselves in school. In a rapidly changing educational environment the book focuses on combining the underpinning knowledge…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Teacher Effectiveness, Self Esteem, Teaching Assistants
Hugenberg, Lawrence W., Ed. – 1989
This annual collection contains essays relating to the history of basic communication courses, offers insights into basic course pedagogy, and discusses the administration of multisectioned basic communication courses. Papers in the collection include: "The Basic Course in Speech Communication: An Historical Perspective" (Pamela L.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Communication Skills, Ethics, Higher Education
Crosse, Kay – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2007
The activities and guidance in this book will help teachers to develop the confidence and meet the individual needs of young children with English as an additional language across different settings. There are also practical and varied language teaching strategies to promote learning for children working individually or in small groups. The first…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Preschool Teachers
Marincovich, Michele, Ed.; Prostko, Jack, Ed.; Stout, Frederic, Ed. – 1998
Sixteen papers address the training and professional development of graduate teaching assistants. The papers are: (1) "Preparing Graduate Students To Teach: Past, Present, and Future" (Nancy Van Note Chism); (2) "The Role of Centralized Programs in Preparing Graduate Students To Teach" (Jacqueline A. Mintz); (3) "The Disciplinary/Departmental…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
Download full textHiggs, Bettie, Ed.; McCarthy, Marian, Ed. – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2008
This book presents a wide selection of issues currently of interest and concern in higher education institutions in Ireland. The chapters are snapshots of the intersection between theory, practice and research in particular settings; they are not meant to be comprehensive. Nevertheless, they present practice approaches, new theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Curriculum Design
Kaufman, Dorit, Ed.; Brownworth, Barbara, Ed.; Burton, Jill, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2006
The volume is organized around three aspects of professional development for international teaching assistants: Part 1: Grounding Practice in Research and Researching Practice; Part 2: Beginnings, Challenges, and Growth; and Part 3: Collaborative Practices and Partnerships Across Disciplines. Change, progress, and commitment are themes that are…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cultural Awareness, Administrators, Professional Development
Muyskens, Judith A., Ed. – 1997
This collection of papers is divided into three parts. After "Introduction," (Judith A. Muyskens), Part 1, "Issues in Teaching with Technology: Implications for the Future Training of Teaching Assistants," includes "Exploring the Link between Teaching and Technology: An Approach to TA Development" (Virginia M. Scott) and "A Revolution from Above:…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Gabriel, Kathleen F. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2008
As societal expectations about attending college have grown, professors report increasing numbers of students who are unprepared for the rigors of postsecondary education--not just more students with learning disabilities (whose numbers have more than tripled), but students (with and without special admission status) who are academically at-risk…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Time Management, Study Skills, Classroom Environment
McKeachie, Wilbert J. – 1986
First published in 1951, this guidebook for college instructors and teaching assistants was written to answer the questions posed by new college teachers, to place them at ease in their jobs, and to get them started effectively in the classroom. The book contains the following parts: (1) Getting Started (e.g., course preparation, meeting the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Check Lists, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty
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