Pat Drake & Angela Jacklin 
Becoming a Teaching Assistant [PDF ebook] 
A Guide for Teaching Assistants and Those Working With Them

The authors introduce students to the requirements that their degree programmes will make and explore issues such as behaviour management and national curriculum strategies, helping readers to engage with the material in a way that is appropriate to Higher Education study.

The book draws on the experiences of teaching assistants and is grounded in the day-to-day practices of professionals working with young people in schools. Theoretical concepts are explored as being crucial to developing learning support and teaching skills. The authors′ aim is to help students understand essential theory, and to provide a practical support throughout their studies.

This book is for teaching assistants working toward High Level Teaching Assistant status in teaching and learning (HLTA), and/or Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). It is a teaching resource for Higher Education tutors and school line managers of teaching assistants. The book is also suitable for tutors and mentors as it gives guidance on content and presentation of professional development materials for teaching assistants.

This book is a course text for teaching assistants. It helps students make the transition into undergraduate level study, and is also a teaching and learning resource for students and tutors on undergraduate programmes.

 

 

 

İçerik tablosu

PART ONE: EXPERIENCES OF ENTERING HIGHER EDUCATION

I Never Thought I′d Be Here, But Here I Am

Preparing for Your Course

Developing as a Learner

Succeeding and Growing in Confidence

PART TWO: LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Developing Study Skills

Personal Organisation and Expectations

Meeting Assessment Criteria

PART THREE: DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Implementing National Strategies

Inclusion

Do We Know What We Mean?

Thinking About Behaviour Management

PART FOUR: ISSUES OF PROFESSIONALISM

Finding a Place in the Professional Landscape

Moving On

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Carol Robinson′s research interests combine theoretical and empirical work and focus on two main areas: the voices, experiences, rights and empowerment of children and young people; and the development of learning and professional knowledge through doctoral study and its enactment in practice. These interests developed from her experience as a classroom teacher in a range of secondary and special schools and from her experience of teaching on doctoral programmes.  She has been involved in a number of research projects both locally and nationally and have led several Pupil Voice projects in primary, secondary and special schools, helping staff to develop ways of listening to the voices of the young people in their schools She also led the Pupils′ Voices strand of the University of Cambridge Primary Review of Education in England. She is currently a principal researcher on a project investigating how young people with low aspirations can be supported to raise their aspirations and self esteem and she is involved in a Building Communities Through Dialogue (BCTD) project exploring children′s, parents′ and teachers′ perceptions of dialogic learning approaches in the classroom. She is also on the steering group for the development of UNICEF UK′s school based Rights, Respecting Schools Programme and she is the Cambridge Primary Review regional centre coordinator for the south east region.  Her methodological interests focus on constructivist approaches to research and within this, she particularly favours narrative approaches.