{"product_id":"the-teaching-assistants-guide-essential-skills-for-college-lectures-and-labs-paperback","title":"The Teaching Assistants Guide: Essential Skills for College Lectures and Labs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward T. Himelblau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"How should I prepare to teach a new topic?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"How do I balance my time between teaching, research, and my own classes?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"What if the students don't respect me?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew TAs--typically young graduate students--need answers to these and many other questions as they step into their roles as teachers. \u003cem\u003eThe Teaching Assistant's Guide\u003c\/em\u003e offers advice to help first classes go smoothly, worksheets to help advance preparation, a teaching diary to record experiences and save time, guidance for maintaining boundaries, proven strategies to increase student participation, tips to make grading fast and fair, and steps to make a class inclusive and welcoming. Bringing together practical advice from experienced TAs and insights from education research, this handbook will help all new teachers get off to a great start. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"TAing your first class as a graduate student can feel nerve-racking and overwhelming. It's hard to know what to expect. \u003cem\u003eThe Teaching Assistant's Guide\u003c\/em\u003e is a terrific step by step guidebook to help set you up for success. I wish I had this resource when I was starting out!\" --\u003cstrong\u003eShannon Odell\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNeuroscientist and Science Communicator\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Teaching Assistant's Guide\u003c\/em\u003e fills a gaping hole in the teaching literature. Himelblau creates a terrific road map for TAs with a mixture of cartoons, quotes from experienced TAs, and his own unique voice. This book is for anyone hoping to improve the classroom experience for TAs and their students.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eJo Handelsman\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDirector of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and author of \u003c\/em\u003eScientific Teaching\u003cem\u003e and \u003c\/em\u003eA World Without Soil\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd Himelblau (he\/him) is a biology professor at California Polytechnic State University. He is also a cartoonist for The New Yorker and other publications. (See Ed's cartoons at himelblau.com and @himelblog.) Ed lives in San Luis Obispo, California with his wife and daughter. He received the Cal Poly Distinguished Teacher Award in 2018. Since 2015, Ed has taught a class for incoming graduate students who are teaching for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 10.01 x 7.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49661865033880,"sku":"9781621825173","price":54.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/2qs73tJgJm9781621825173.webp?v=1786233958","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/the-teaching-assistants-guide-essential-skills-for-college-lectures-and-labs-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}