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Conference Paper: Student-focused teaching approach development in a higher education training course for teaching assistants

TitleStudent-focused teaching approach development in a higher education training course for teaching assistants
Authors
Shum, SALee, OYAEkaratne, SUK
KeywordsApproaches to Teaching Inventory
Graduate Teaching Assistants
GTA training
First-time teacher
Issue Date2015
PublisherCurtin University.
Citation
The 3rd International Conference on Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL 2015), Curtin University, Sarawak, Malaysia, 26-27 November 2015. In Conference Proceedings, 2015, p. 41-51 How to Cite?
AbstractPostgraduate students are increasingly recruited to teach in higher education (HE) as Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs), with similar increase in GTA training courses to provide relevant training. Constraints on training resources can limit their depth and length and, thus, their effectiveness is a recurring concern. Based on literature that the approach adopted in teaching influences learning effectiveness in students, we discuss a mandatory training course for GTAs where changes to their teaching approach were analysed. We utilize the concepts of student-focused (SF) or teacher-focused (TF) teaching approaches and report on results of the Approaches to Teaching Inventory (ATI) ...
DescriptionConference Theme: Rethinking Assessments for Student Engagement and Learning
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/233299
ISBN
9789834448288

 

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dc.contributor.authorShum, SA-
dc.contributor.authorLee, OYA-
dc.contributor.authorEkaratne, SUK-
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-20T05:35:56Z-
dc.date.available2016-09-20T05:35:56Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationThe 3rd International Conference on Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL 2015), Curtin University, Sarawak, Malaysia, 26-27 November 2015. In Conference Proceedings, 2015, p. 41-51-
dc.identifier.isbn9789834448288-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/233299-
dc.descriptionConference Theme: Rethinking Assessments for Student Engagement and Learning-
dc.description.abstractPostgraduate students are increasingly recruited to teach in higher education (HE) as Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs), with similar increase in GTA training courses to provide relevant training. Constraints on training resources can limit their depth and length and, thus, their effectiveness is a recurring concern. Based on literature that the approach adopted in teaching influences learning effectiveness in students, we discuss a mandatory training course for GTAs where changes to their teaching approach were analysed. We utilize the concepts of student-focused (SF) or teacher-focused (TF) teaching approaches and report on results of the Approaches to Teaching Inventory (ATI) ...-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherCurtin University.-
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Conference on Higher Education Teaching and Learning, HETL 2015-
dc.subjectApproaches to Teaching Inventory-
dc.subjectGraduate Teaching Assistants-
dc.subjectGTA training-
dc.subjectFirst-time teacher-
dc.titleStudent-focused teaching approach development in a higher education training course for teaching assistants-
dc.typeConference_Paper-
dc.identifier.emailShum, SA: alexshum@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailLee, OYA: adaoylee@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailEkaratne, SUK: suki1@hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.spage41-
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dc.publisher.placeMalaysia-

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