The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Understanding and Supporting Learning

This textbook is essential reading for all teaching assistants studying for Foundation Degrees or for Higher Level Teaching Assistant status. This practical guide gives TAs useful advice on: how learning happens; identifying different learning styles; developing an effective learning environment; using assessment to support learning; and, supporting learning with children with special needs. Each chapter of this book contains checklists for TAs to record their progress and real life case studies for the TA to learn from.