Elaine Seymour

Partners in Innovation

Teaching Assistants in College Science Courses

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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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780742540200
• ISBN-10: 0742540200
• Artikelnr.: 21401480

Autorenporträt

Elaine Seymour is director of ethnography and evaluation research at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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