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Download full textNyquist, Jody D.; Wulff, Donald H. – 1986
The design of a training program for Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) at the University of Washington and its current implementation are described. Departmental training for GTAs is administered through the Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR). Training support provided by CIDR is based on a Train-the-Trainer model, which…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Program Design
Peer reviewedDonahue, Frank E. – Die Unterrichtspraxis, 1980
Describes a training program for teaching assistants designed by the Department of Germanic Languages of the University of Texas (Austin) and consisting of four interrelated phases: orientation, theoretical training, practicum and evaluation. The term "Teaching Assistants" refers to graduate students who have not earned the M.A. or lack…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, German, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Foreman, Mary Margaret – 1991
This report describes the use of the natural approach to second language instruction to improve the teacher training program at Purdue University (Indiana). First, the report discusses the establishment of a permanent, non-tenure-track position of Assistant Director for Beginning Levels of Spanish. Second, focus is on the improvement of the…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Language Teachers
Peer reviewedTanner, Mark W.; And Others – Innovative Higher Education, 1993
To prepare new international graduate students for assignments as teaching assistants, the University of Washington chemistry department worked with specialists in language, pedagogy, and chemistry to design a discipline-specific training program. The program's structure, participants, benefits and limitations, and effectiveness in its first year…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Instruction, College Science, Foreign Students
Peer reviewedDavis, William E.; Minnis, Douglas L. – Innovative Higher Education, 1993
In the University of California (Davis) Program in College Teaching, graduate teaching assistants develop and fulfill contractual agreements for faculty-guided investigations into their disciplines, with supporting individualized activities about practices and issues of college teaching. Aspects of the program's development and effectiveness are…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Faculty Development, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRubin, Donald L. – Innovative Higher Education, 1993
To help international teaching assistants balance their roles as teacher and graduate student, the University of Cincinnati developed a program in classroom communication skills for this population. It begins with naming and social identity but focuses primarily on communication for participative learning. Interacting with academic advisors is…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Classroom Communication, Communication Problems, Communication Skills
