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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815885003321

Autore

Russell Anthony

Titolo

Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants [[electronic resource] ] : Guidance for school leaders and teachers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

0-203-06928-5

1-283-89465-3

1-135-08605-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WebsterRob <1976->

BlatchfordPeter

Disciplina

371.14/124

371.14124

Soggetti

EDUCATION / General

EDUCATION / Special Education / General

EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General

Teachers' assistants

Education

Social Sciences

Theory & Practice of Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants: Guidance for school leaders and teachers; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Case for Change: Implications and Strategies; 2. Auditing the Deployment, Preparation and Practice of TAs; 3. The Deployment of TAs; 4. The Preparedness of TAs; 5. The Practice of TAs; 6. Conclusions; Appendices; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Teaching assistants have become an integral part of classroom life, yet pioneering research by the authors has shown that school leaders and teachers are not making the most of this valued resource. Results from the Deployment and Impact of Support Staff (DISS) project showed that the more support pupils received from teaching assistants, the less academic progress they made. Yet it is not decisions made by the



teaching assistants themselves, but decisions made by school leaders and teachers about how their support staff are used and prepared, which explains these provocative results.