In this study, we compared the effects of a traditional teaching assistant (TA) training
program to those of a specialized program, with a substantial intercultural component, for …

When appropriately trained and supported, graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) can be an
invaluable resource to the academic community, energizing an institution's teaching culture …

During their time as Teaching Assistants (TAs), graduate students develop a variety of skills,
knowledge, and attitudes (SKAs) based on teaching and related facilitation experiences. As …

Increasingly, higher education support services are being outsourced. Our case study was of
a program from a global, USA-based, non-profit organisation. From in-depth interviews, we …

The aim of this research was to explore the impact of interactions between undergraduate
students ('students') and the postgraduate researchers ('PGWT') who teach them, on …

The Five Minute Teach (5MT) serves as both a training tool for graduate teaching assistants
(TAs) and a format for explicit disciplinebased writing instruction. Here the authors describe …

Recently, there has been a considerable number of curricular and pedagogical reform
efforts in undergraduate science education to shift from traditional methods of lecturing and …

Postgraduate demonstrators (PGDs) are crucial to the smooth running of undergraduate
teaching laboratories; however, they are oftentimes exiled to superficial duties such as …

As a young and dynamically evolving discipline, statistics evokes many conceptions about
its purpose, the nature of its development, and the tools and mindset needed to engage in …

Through an exploratory qualitative, interpretive frame that employed an ethnographic
methodological approach, this research focuses on teaching assistants (TAs) teaching in a …