ERIC Number: EJ1068057
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 9
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ISSN: EISSN-1812-9129
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Peer TA Mentoring in a Foreign Language Program
Silva, Gláucia V.; Macián, Janice L.; Mejía-Gómez, Magdalena
International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, v18 n3 p241-249 2006
This paper describes a peer-mentoring program in a large language department. Experienced Teaching Associates (TAs) served as peer mentors to novice TAs, providing the type of individualized guidance that new TAs need. The peer mentoring model has several advantages over the supervision-only model, including one-on-one help, multiple classroom visits and meetings, and regular feedback on various aspects of teaching. The experience that TAs share at different levels, as teachers and as students, is also important and plays a positive role in a peer mentoring program. Even though the program described has been instituted in a language department, the model may be useful to departments in other disciplines that also employ a large number of TAs.
Descriptors: Mentors, Second Language Programs, Peer Teaching, Individualized Instruction, Role Perception, Time on Task, Teaching Assistants, Teacher Collaboration, Experienced Teachers, Novices, Program Descriptions, Guidance Programs, Models, Teacher Improvement, Higher Education
International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning. Web site: http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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