An Exploratory Study of GTA's Attitudes toward Aspects of Teaching and Teaching Style.

Autor/in	McDowell, Earl E.
Titel	An Exploratory Study of GTA's Attitudes toward Aspects of Teaching and Teaching Style.
Quelle	(1993), (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Communication Research; Graduate Students; Higher Education; Interpersonal Communication; Sex Differences; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Role; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Assistants; Teaching Styles + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kommunikationsforschung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerrolle; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Lehrstil; Unterrichtsstil
Abstract	A study focused on graduate teaching assistants' (GTAs') perceptions of aspects of teaching and teaching style. Subjects, 120 of 197 randomly selected GTAs in 20 academic departments in a midwestern university, completed two survey instruments. Results indicated that GTAs perceive that students learn more from the lecture method and that interpersonal relationships play a significant role in their teaching. GTAs rated the style variables "friendly,""communicator image,""impression leaving,""attentive," and "animated" more positively than other style variables. Gender differences indicated that males used the lecture method and used more dominant and precise styles in their teaching, while females felt more committed to teaching and were more informal, friendly, and open toward students. Younger teachers seemed to take less pleasure in teaching, were less secure, viewed themselves as followers, and felt more comfortable using the lecture method. Findings suggest that GTAs use a variety of opinions of aspects of teaching variables and teaching style variables. (Contains 20 references and 5 tables of data.) (RS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC