Title :
An engineering teaching assistant orientation program: Guidelines, reactions, and lessons learned from a one day intensive training program
Author :
Verleger, Matthew ; Velasquez, Juan
Author_Institution :
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette
Abstract :
At Purdue University, an all-campus one day intensive training orientation for new teaching assistants has been in place since 2001 under the supervision of the university´s Center for Instructional Excellence. At Purdue, engineering teaching assistants serve a fundamentally different role than those in other disciplines. Recognizing these differences, in 2005 the training was divided into separate engineering and non- engineering training sessions. This was done to better meet the roles, responsibilities and needs that are unique to engineering teaching assistants. The work presented in this paper describes the all-campus and engineering training programs at Purdue and demonstrates, through attitudinal and follow-up survey responses, that the separate engineering specific training program elicits a more positive reaction from engineering teaching assistants towards their training.
Keywords :
educational institutions; engineering education; teaching; all-campus program; engineering teaching assistant; engineering training program; Art; Differential equations; Education; Environmental economics; Feedback; Guidelines; Insurance; Maintenance engineering; Packaging; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers In Education Conference - Global Engineering: Knowledge Without Borders, Opportunities Without Passports, 2007. FIE '07. 37th Annual
Conference_Location :
Milwaukee, WI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1083-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2007.4417912