Examining Perspectives of Teaching among Biology Teaching Assistants

Autor/inn/en	Reid, Joshua W.; Weigel, Emily G.
Titel	Examining Perspectives of Teaching among Biology Teaching Assistants
Quelle	In: Journal of College Science Teaching, 51 (2022) 3, S.67-77 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-231X
Schlagwörter	Biology; Science Instruction; Teaching Assistants; Graduate Students; Student Attitudes; Educational Change; Teaching Methods; Student Centered Learning; Undergraduate Students; Active Learning; Professional Development; Comparative Analysis; Faculty Development; Teaching Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsreform; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Aktives Lernen
Abstract	Recent reform efforts in postsecondary science teaching have called for shifts in instructional methods to include more evidence-based instructional practices. However, a myriad of factors play a role in whether an instructor adopts these more student-centered methods. One such factor is teaching perspective. In this study, we explored the teaching perspectives of both graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants (TAs), as well as shifts in their perspectives after participation in an active-learning professional development course. Findings from this study suggest that while undergraduate TAs hold more nurturing perspectives of teaching, graduate TAs hold more apprenticeship perspectives; both groups, however, can experience perspective change through professional development and teaching experience. These findings have implications for professional developers and those who work closely with TAs. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01