Teacher assistant from the perspective of adult education
Teacher assistant from the perspective of adult education
Author(s): Vanda Hájková, Lea Květoňová, Zbyněk Němec, Iva StrnadováSubject(s): Adult Education, Educational Psychology, State/Government and Education, Sociology of Education
Published by: Slovenská pedagogická spoločnosť pri SAV
Keywords: professional competences; teacher assistants; qualification prerequisites; pre-service and in-service education; professional standards for teacher assistants;
Summary/Abstract: The authors present the current requirements for professional competences of teacher assistants in the educational, (psycho) didactic, social and communication, managerial, normative and professionally cultivating areas, which place higher demands on teacher assistants’ training at faculties of education, as well as in the system of lifelong learning. The article documents the findings from interviews with 59 Czech teacher assistants. The authors used the grounded theory approach to analyse the data. The findings reveal the key professional competences as perceived by teacher assistants.
Journal: PEDAGOGIKA.SK
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 295-305
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English