Re: On the history of teaching assistants in the academe?

[Michelle Nilson <michelle_nilson@sfu.ca>]

Hi Nilma,

Here is a link to the Canadian Journal of Higher Education, where there are a number of articles related to Teaching Assistants in the Canadian context:

https://journals.sfu.ca/cjhe/index.php/cjhe/search/search?query=teaching+assistant&dateFromYear=&dateFromMonth=&dateFromDay=&dateToYear=&dateToMonth=&dateToDay=&authors=

Kindly,

Michelle Nilson, Ph.D. (She/Her/Hers)

Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University

Director, Centre for the Study of Educational Leadership and Policy (CSELP), https://www.sfu.ca/cselp.html 

President, Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE), https://csshe-scees.ca/

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From: Nilima Nigam <nigam@math.sfu.ca>
Sent: October 18, 2023 8:43:00 AM
To: Faculty Forum Mail List
Subject: On the history of teaching assistants in the academe?

 

Dear all,

           I have been wondering about the history of employing students as teaching assistants, and would be grateful for any pointers to any reading on this.    

            I came across the report below, which was fascinating. But it is focussed primarily on US graduate schools.  I wondered where, when and why the concept of teaching assistants originated. 

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED043274.pdf

thanks

Nilima

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 Nilima Nigam
Professor
Dept. of Mathematics
Simon Fraser University