Open AccessFrom Teaching Assistant Training (TA) to Workplace Learning
Author(s) -
Cynthia Korpan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
collected essays on learning and teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2368-4526
DOI - 10.22329/celt.v7i2.4002
Subject(s) - apprenticeship , workplace learning , training (meteorology) , pedagogy , experiential learning , mathematics education , psychology , higher education , cognitive apprenticeship , active learning (machine learning) , learning sciences , sociology , knowledge management , computer science , work (physics) , engineering , political science , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , physics , meteorology , law
In this paper, I propose a renewed look at how teaching assistants (TAs) are being prepared to fulfill their duties in higher education. I argue that the apprenticeship model of learning that is currently in use be replaced by the more holistic workplace learning approach. Workplace learning theories take into consideration the complexity of the learning situation of the TA.