Open Access14: USING UNDERGRADUATES TO PREPARE INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANTS FOR THE AMERICAN CLASSROOM
Author(s) -
Christian Warren E.,
Rybarczyk Brian J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2013.tb00708.x
Subject(s) - teaching assistant , mathematics education , psychology , medical education , pedagogy , medicine
This chapter describes how undergraduates may be used in the training of international teaching assistants (ITAs) in three ways: as conversation partners, classroom consultants, and guest instructors. Increasing the contact between undergraduates and international graduate students before they meet in the classroom as students and instructors can benefit each group. After a brief review of the literature that explores the challenges ITAs face in the American university classroom, we describe the roles that undergraduates may perform in training ITAs, explain the benefits to both ITAs and undergraduates, and provide a list of best practices for including undergraduates in ITA training.