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A teaching assistant (TA) is a junior scholar employed on a temporary contract by a college or university for the purpose of assisting a professor by teaching students in recitation or discussion sessions, holding office hours, grading homework or exams, supervising labs (in science and engineering courses), and sometimes teaching classes, among other duties. In some universities (such as the University of Michigan), they are known as Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs). A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ...
The term college (Latin collegium) is most often used today to denote an educational institution. ...
A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctor) in a variety of subjects. ...
A professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) (or prof for short) is a senior teacher, lecturer and/or researcher usually employed by a college or university. ...
Students attending a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stÅdÄ“rÄ•, meaning to direct ones zeal at; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. ...
Recitation means a discussion carried by a Teaching Assistant to supplement a lecture given by a senior faculty at an academic institution. ...
This article is about the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. ...
Depending on the institution or department, a TA can be either a graduate or undergraduate student. Typically undergraduate TAs have taken the course they are TAing for, often with the same professor, and performed well in it. This case is rarer for graduate students since many would have been undergraduates at other institutions. Unlike professors, TAs generally do not have a fixed salary but are either paid by the hour, earn credit hours, or volunteer their time. A graduate school or grad school is a school that awards advanced degrees, with the general requirement that students must have earned an undergraduate (bachelors) degree. ...
In some educational systems, an undergraduate is a post-secondary student pursuing a Bachelors degree. ...
Some high schools also offer as a course the opportunity for students to be a TA for a teacher (assigned to them or chosen by the student). The purpose of these courses is to introduce students into the aspects of a career in education as well as to give teachers help in grading papers and performing other duties. Students who participate in these TA programs receive a course grade based on feedback from the teacher they assist.
See also - Teaching fellow
- Student instructor (SI)
- Graduate student assistant
- Graduate student researcher
A teaching assistant (TA) is a junior scholar employed on a temporary contract by a college or university for the purpose of assisting a professor by teaching students in recitation or discussion sessions, holding office hours, grading homework or exams, supervising labs (in science and engineering courses), and sometimes teaching...
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