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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1986
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED283484 |
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- Improving Skills of Teaching Assistants. Sheehan, Jacqueline And Others College Instruction Graduate Students Higher Education Instructional Improvement School Orientation Teacher Effectiveness Teaching Assistants Teaching Skills Workshops The Graduate Assistant Orientation at New Mexico State University is described. The objective of the orientation is to provide teaching assistants (TAs) with excellent role models for university teaching. The orientation, which is voluntary, communicates to TAs that feelings of uncertainty are understood by the staff. The manner in which the orientation is organized has made it a major event at the beginning of each fall semester. Twelve workshops were developed by master teachers and all were based on the premise that teaching can be learned, practiced, and continually improved. Several workshops deal with the topic of good organization. Alternative methods to the lecture are addressed, along with the effectiveness of different teaching methods. Additional areas addressed by the orientation workshops include: the usefulness of a properly prepared syllabus, goal and priority setting for all graduate assistants and techniques for coping with stress, methods of projecting enthusiasm, knowledge of the subject matter, understanding what to expect from freshman students, knowledgeability about campus facilities and services such as the library, the computer center, and counseling services, and group instructional skills. (SW)