Teaching Assistant Training
The materials below address methods, pedagogy, and other issues surrounding the education and training of teaching assistants. While applicable to TA's in Chemical Education, much of the information can be used in training assistants in other courses.
Online Sources
| TAP | Teaching Assistant Project (TAP) at Rutgers. See especially the resources in the right sidebar for practical guidelines on teaching and learning. |
| TATP | The University of Toronto's Teaching Assistant Training Program (TATP). This site is a good model of a teaching assistant training program. |
| PDF File | Stanford University’s “What’s Working in TA Training.” (PDF File) |
| TA Manual | Resource manual for graduate teaching assistants at the University of Victoria. |
Print Sources
- Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development
- Herrington, Deborah G.; Nakhleh, Mary B. "What Defines Effective Chemistry Laboratory Instructin? Teaching Assistant and Student Perspectives," J. Chem. Educ. 2003 80 1197.
- Roehrig, Gillian H.; Luft, Julie A.; Kurdziel, Josepha P.; Turner, Jessica A. "Graduate Teaching Assistants and Inquiry-Based Instruction: Implications for Graduate Teaching Assistant Training," J. Chem. Educ. 2003 80 1206.
- Freeland, R. (1998). "Collected Wisdom: Strategies and Resources for TAs," Pittsburgh, PA: Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, Carnegie Mellon University.
- Andrews, J.D. (1985). "Strengthening the Teaching Assistant Faculty," New Directions for Teaching and Learning, no. 22. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
- Lambert , L.M. and Tice, S.L. (1993). "Preparing Graduate Students to Teach: A Guide to Programs That Improve Undergraduate Education and Develop Tomorrow's Faculty," Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education. Includes descriptions of many discipline-specific TA training programs.
- Nyquist, J.D., Abbott, R.D., Wulff, D.H.& Sprague, J. (1991). "Preparing the Professoriate of Tomorrow to Teach: Selected Readings in TA Training," Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt. Includes descriptions of discipline-specific TA training programs for psychology, engineering, writing, Spanish, chemistry, and biology.
- Stone, W. (1990). "You Can Get Good Help These Days: Working with Teaching Assistants in Large Lecture Classes," In M.A. Shea (Ed.), On Teaching. Boulder, CO: Faculty Teaching Excellence Program. (pp. 43-55)