The value of teaching observations for the development of GTA educator identity

Authors

  • Pamela Campbell University of Glasgow
  • Alice Lacsny University of Glasgow
  • Natalie Marr University of Glasgow http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5736-0232
  • Allan Hollinsworth Heriot Watt University
  • Hannah Mathers Univerity of Glasgow

Abstract

Author Biographies

Pamela Campbell, University of Glasgow

Teaching Assistant

School of Geographical & Earth Sciences

Alice Lacsny, University of Glasgow

Teaching Assistant

School of Geographical & Earth Sciences

Natalie Marr, University of Glasgow

Postgraduate research student

School of Geographical & Earth Sciences

Allan Hollinsworth, Heriot Watt University

Research Associate

School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Institute for GeoEnergy Engineering

Hannah Mathers, Univerity of Glasgow

Lecturer

School of Geographical & Earth Sciences

References

Atkinson, D. and Bolt, S., 2010. Using teaching observations to reflect upon and improve teaching practice in higher education. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 10(3), pp. 1 – 19.

Blackwell, R. and McLean, M., 1996. Mentoring new university teachers. The International Journal for Academic Development, 1(2), pp.80-85.

Bovill, C. and Cairns, A., 2014. Peer observation of teaching as a form of strategic academic development. University of Glasgow: Teaching and Learning Centre. Retrieved November 18, p.2015.

Brookfield, S.D., 1995/ Brookfield, S.D., 2017. Becoming a critically reflected teacher. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.

Gosling, D. 2014. Collaborative peer-supported review of teaching. In: Peer review of learning and teaching in higher education (pp. 13-31). Springer, Dordrecht.

Gosling, D., 2002. Models of peer observation of teaching. LTSN Generic Centre.

Marie, J., Hansen, J., Hazen, M., Elliot, M.I., Piccoli, G., & Thorogood, J. 2018. Student reviewers of teaching practice: Reflections on the design and experience of participants. International Journal for Students as Partners, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v2i2.3370.

Miller, B., 2010. Brookfield’s Four Lenses: Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. Faculty of Arts Teaching and Learning Committee, The University of Sydney. March 2010. Sydney, Australia.

Pierson, C., 2018. Neither Teacher nor Scholar: Identity and Agency in a Graduate Teacher's Life. Unpublished MA thesis, University of Central Florida.

Pratt, D.D., 2001/ Pratt, D.D., and Collins, J. B., 2000. The Teaching Perspectives Inventory (TPI). Adult Education Research Conference. https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2000/papers/68

Purcell, J. W., Scott, H. I. and Mixson-Brookshire, D. 2017. Continuous improvement in Online Education: Documenting Teaching Effectiveness in the Online Environment through Observations. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 20(4), pp. 1556-384.

Rawat, S. and Meena, S. 2014. Publish or perish: Where are we heading? Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 19(2), pp. 87-89.

Young, P., 2006. Out of balance: Lecturers’ perceptions of differential status and rewards in relation to teaching and research. Teaching in higher education, 11(2), pp.191-202.

Young, S.L. and Bippus, A.M., 2008. Assessment of graduate teaching assistant (GTA) training: A case study of a training program and its impact on GTAs. Communication Teacher, 22(4), pp.116-129.

Zotos, E.K., Moon, A.C. and Shultz, G.V., 2020. Investigation of chemistry graduate teaching assistants' teacher knowledge and teacher identity. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 57(6) pp. 943-967.

Downloads

Published

2021-09-01