The Graduate Teaching Assistant's Handbook

With increasing pressure on all academic departments in higher education, the role and use of teaching assistants has become more important than ever before. Designed to give teaching assistants a solid understanding of the skills they need to develop and clarify their role within an academic institution this detailed handbook offers guidance on both the theoretical and practical aspects of learning and teaching. Providing a solid introduction to the practicalities of teaching the book covers lecturing to large classes, working with seminar and tutorial groups, individual tutoring, laboratory-based demonstrations and marking student work, and also gives information on the use of reflective teaching techniques and shows how to evaluate teaching effectiveness.