Elaine Seymour

Partners in Innovation

Teaching Assistants in College Science Courses

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Partners combines in-depth interviews with quantitative data to show how innovations in the roles of graduate teaching assistants at universities are improving both their own experiences and the overall educational environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780742540217
• ISBN-10: 0742540219
• Artikelnr.: 22402532

Autorenporträt

Elaine Seymour

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Importance of Teaching Assistants to Undergraduates in the
Sciences
Chapter 3 The Role of Teaching Assistants in Three Classroom Change
Initiatives in Undergraduate Science
Chapter 4 The Benefits to Teaching Assistants of Working in Innovative
Courses
Chapter 5 The Nature and Consequences of Teaching Assistants' Evaluations
of the Three Classroom Initiatives
Chapter 6 Teaching Assistants' Explanations for Undergraduate Responses to
Innovative Teaching and Learning: Student Learning Difficulties versus
Student Resistance
Chapter 7 Redefining the Teaching Assistants' Role in Innovative Courses:
Expansion of Traditional Work Roles
Chapter 8 Redefining the Teaching Assistants' Role in Innovative Courses:
New Facets of the Teaching Assistants' Role
Chapter 9 The Relative Contributions of Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching
Assistants
Chapter 10 Professional Development for Teaching Assistants
Chapter 11 Fostering Collegial Engagement among Teaching Assistants Working
in Innovative Courses
Chapter 12 Conclusions