Open AccessExploring the Application of Best Practices to TA Awards: One University's Approach
Author(s) -
WillinghamMcLain Laurel,
Pollack Deborah L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2006.tb00462.x
Subject(s) - excellence , best practice , graduate students , graduate education , pedagogy , sociology , medical education , psychology , mathematics education , engineering ethics , management , engineering , political science , medicine , law , economics
This chapter explores how to adapt best practices from the general literature on teaching awards in higher education to graduate student teaching assistant (TA) awards. Although most criteria apply, they must be fitted to the career stage and aspirations of TAs. The Duquesne University Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching serves as a case study demonstrating how these practices can be modified to both recognize excellent teaching and promote the professional development of graduate student instructors.