A Case Study on the Successful Development of an International Teaching Assistant.

Smith, Kathleen S.

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ERIC Number: EJ462782

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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A Case Study on the Successful Development of an International Teaching Assistant.

Smith, Kathleen S.

Innovative Higher Education, v17 n3 p149-63 Spr 1993

This case study of an international teaching assistant's experience with college teaching focuses on the process of becoming an effective instructor in the undergraduate classroom. A developmental model that emphasizes clarifying the student's individual linguistic, cultural, social, and professional goals is suggested, and implications for institutional policy are examined. (MSE)

Descriptors: Acculturation, College Instruction, Foreign Students, Goal Orientation, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Professional Development, Second Language Learning, Social Integration, Student Development, Teacher Education, Teaching Assistants, Undergraduate Study

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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