Teaching Assistants' Conditions of Employment and Workload: Reliance upon Goodwill and Ad Hoc Systems of Preparation Time

Autor/in	Bovill, Helen
Titel	Teaching Assistants' Conditions of Employment and Workload: Reliance upon Goodwill and Ad Hoc Systems of Preparation Time
Quelle	In: Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 9 (2017) 2, S.24-34 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2054-5266
Schlagwörter	Teaching Assistants; Teaching Conditions; Professionalism; Educational Planning; Faculty Workload; Professional Identity; Teacher Collaboration; Expectation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Professionalität; Bildungsplanung; Lehrerkooperation; Expectancy; Erwartung
Abstract	This paper draws upon research with a group of work-based students studying for a Foundation Degree in Educational Support. It highlights levels of goodwill evident within their day to day planning and preparation and the ad hoc nature of opportunities for teachers and teaching assistants to work together for planning and feedback purposes. This paper will demonstrate evidence that the high workload experienced by teachers may now be experienced by some teaching assistants. Main findings presented are that as teaching assistants' roles have become more pedagogically focussed, opportunities to plan and prepare with teachers have become essential to their role. However, time for teachers and teaching assistants to plan and prepare together is not a priority. Many teaching assistants increasingly spend their own time planning and preparing to be able to practise effectively. Some evidence here suggests this is expected rather than voluntary and has become part of the 'culture' of the teaching assistant profession. Further research is needed to explore this. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01