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The graduate teaching assistant (GTA): lessons from North American experience

Pages 349-361 | Published online: 14 Oct 2011

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Sara H. Tuiloma & Charles R. Graham. (2023) Understanding the role of online teaching assistants in student engagement. Distance Education 0:0, pages 1-27.
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Danielle J. Murdoch, Tamara O’Doherty & Hilary Todd. (2021) Preparing and Supporting Graduate Students in Their Role as Teaching Assistants: An Exploration of TA Training in a School of Criminology. Journal of Criminal Justice Education 32:1, pages 42-59.
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Fadia Nasser-Abu Alhija & Barbara Fresko. (2020) Graduate teaching assistants: motives, difficulties and professional interactions and their relationship to perceived benefits. Higher Education Research & Development 39:3, pages 546-560.
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Fadia Nasser-Abu Alhija & Barbara Fresko. (2018) Graduate teaching assistants: how well do their students think they do?. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 43:6, pages 943-954.
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Sandra A. Lampley, Grant E. Gardner & Angela T. Barlow. (2018) Exploring pedagogical content knowledge of biology graduate teaching assistants through their participation in lesson study. Teaching in Higher Education 23:4, pages 468-487.
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Christopher Deacon, Allyson Hajek & Henry Schulz. (2017) Graduate teaching assistants’ perceptions of teaching competencies required for work in undergraduate science labs. International Journal of Science Education 39:16, pages 2189-2208.
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Grischa Liebel, Håkan Burden & Rogardt Heldal. (2017) For free: continuity and change by team teaching. Teaching in Higher Education 22:1, pages 62-77.
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Cynthia E. Brown. (2016) Ethical Issues When Graduate Students Act as Mentors. Ethics & Behavior 26:8, pages 688-702.
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Geraldine O’Neill & Martin McNamara. (2016) Passing the baton: a collaborative approach to development and implementation of context-specific modules for graduate teaching assistants in cognate disciplines. Innovations in Education and Teaching International 53:6, pages 570-580.
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Carolyn Hoessler, Lorraine Godden & Brian Hoessler. (2015) Widening our evaluative lenses of formal, facilitated, and spontaneous academic development. International Journal for Academic Development 20:3, pages 224-237.
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Alfonso Pezzella. (2014) There is more to a GTA than meets the eye. Health and Social Care Education 3:1, pages 51-53.
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JanetM. Weidert, AngelaR. Wendorf, ReganA. R. Gurung & Tonya Filz. (2012) A Survey of Graduate and Undergraduate Teaching Assistants. College Teaching 60:3, pages 95-103.
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Angela Brew, David Boud & Sang Un Namgung. (2011) Influences on the formation of academics: the role of the doctorate and structured development opportunities. Studies in Continuing Education 33:1, pages 51-66.
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Valbona Muzaka. (2009) The niche of Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs): perceptions and reflections. Teaching in Higher Education 14:1, pages 1-12.
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Nick Hopwood & Claire Stocks. (2008) Teaching development for doctoral students: what can we learn from activity theory?. International Journal for Academic Development 13:3, pages 187-198.
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