Collins, J;
Brown, N;
Leigh, J;
(2021)
Making sense of cultural bumps: Supporting international graduate teaching assistants with their teaching.
Innovations in Education and Teaching International
10.1080/14703297.2021.1919175.
(In press).
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Abstract
This article reports on a study with over 100 Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs), 69 of whom were international GTAs. We explore their experiences of ‘cultural bumps’ in their transition into one UK University. Following the principles of practice-based enquiry, data collection combined interviews with data generated in workshops, including transcripts, fieldnotes, student feedback and LEGO® models. We focus on three themes of starting teaching, essay marking and classroom boundaries to explore ‘cultural bumps’ where GTAs experience adjustment stresses transitioning into UK higher education teaching. We connect ‘cultural bumps’ to challenges reconciling teaching and researcher roles for GTAs. We conclude with an agenda for research work to further develop our understanding of international GTAs’ experiences.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Making sense of cultural bumps: Supporting international graduate teaching assistants with their teaching |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1080/14703297.2021.1919175 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2021.1919175 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
Keywords: | GTAs, higher education teacher training, cultural bumps, practice-based enquiry, international |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Arts and Sciences (BASc) |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10125189 |
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