Teaching assistants: support in action
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Discover the importance of teaching assistants in education and their evolving role in the UK. Explore the skills they use to provide effective support and contribute to productive teamwork. Gain insights into their diverse roles and contributions, and reflect on the value of their work and your future role.
Teaching assistants are an important resource in education. This free course, Teaching assistants: support in action, looks at how the role has developed across the UK over time. It explores the skills and attributes that teaching assistants use to provide effective support and contribute to productive teamwork. This OpenLearn course introduces diverse roles and distinctive contributions of teaching assistants.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
Be able to discuss how the UK’s teaching assistant workforce came into being
Be developing your understanding that teaching assistants are part of a wider assistant workforce in the public services of health, social services and education
Have insights into the diverse roles and distinctive contributions of teaching assistants across the UK
Be able to identify some of the skills that teaching assistants use to provide effective support and that contribute to productive teamwork
Be reflecting on the value of the work of teaching assistants and on the support skills involved, and thinking about your future role.
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