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| Abstract Title: | Pedagogy in practice: exploring the use of pedagogy course knowledge by learning assistants |
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| Abstract: | Learning Assistants (LAs) are increasingly used in classrooms all over the globe, where LAs help teach in a variety of student-centered, active-learning environments. The LA Model consists of three core components: the LA pedagogy course, weekly preparatory meetings with the instructional team, and the actual LA teaching practice of working with small groups of students. In this paper we utilize an existing framework of essential pedagogy principles identified by Top \textit{et al}.\ to develop a methodology for comparing what LAs learn in the pedagogy course to what they do in their LA practice. We apply the methodology to audio recordings of ten different LAs facilitating student discussion in five separate sections of an approximately 400 person, introductory studio physics course. We compare the degree to which LAs incorporate key concepts from the pedagogy class and propose ways to utilize our methodology to enhance the implementation of the LA Model. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
| Session Time: | Poster Session 1 Room B |
| Poster Number: | 1B-11 |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Vera Degtiareva Department of Physics, Boston University Allston, MA 02134 Phone: 8574729976 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Emily Allen, Science Department, The Governor's Academy Andrew Duffy, Department of Physics, Boston University Manher Jariwala, Department of Physics, Boston University |
