Assessing a GTA professional development program

Alicea-Muñoz, Emily; Espar Masip, Joan; Subiño Sullivan, Carol; Schatz, Michael F.

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Assessing a GTA professional development program

written by Emily Alicea-Muñoz, Joan Espar Masip, Carol Subiño Sullivan, and Michael F. Schatz

For the last four years, the School of Physics at Georgia Tech have been preparing new Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) through a program that integrates pedagogy, physics content, and professional development strategies. Here we discuss various assessments we have used to evaluate the program, among them surveys, GTA self-reporting, and end-of-semester student evaluations. Our results indicate that GTAs who participate in the program find its practical activities useful, feel better prepared for teaching, make use of learner-centered teaching strategies, and receive higher scores in teaching evaluations.

Physics Education Research Conference 2017
Part of the PER Conference series
Cincinnati, OH: July 26-27, 2017
Pages 32-35

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Education Foundations - Assessment = Instruments = Methods - Sample Population = Instructor: TA Education Practices - Professional Development - Teacher Preparation = Program Assessment	- Professional Development - Graduate/Professional	- Reference Material = Research study

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Keywords:: PERC 2017, graduate students, professional development, program assessment, teaching assistants
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