Helen Bovill Helen2.Bovill@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor of Education
Teaching assistants’ conditions of employment and workload: Reliance upon goodwill and ad hoc systems of preparation time
Bovill, Helen
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Abstract
This paper draws upon research with a group of work-based students studying for a Foundation Degree in Educational Support. It highlights levels of goodwill evident within their day to day planning and preparation and the ad hoc nature of opportunities for teachers and teaching assistants to work together for planning and feedback purposes. This paper will demonstrate evidence that the high workload experienced by teachers may now be experienced by some teaching assistants. Main findings presented are that as teaching assistants’ roles have become more pedagogically focussed, opportunities to plan and prepare with teachers have become essential to their role. However, time for teachers and teaching assistants to plan and prepare together is not a priority. Many teaching assistants increasingly spend their own time planning and preparing to be able to practise effectively. Some evidence here suggests this is expected rather than voluntary and has become part of the ‘culture’ of the teaching assistant profession. Further research is needed to explore this.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 10, 2017 |
Publication Date | Jun 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | May 25, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 8, 2017 |
Journal | Teacher Education Advancement Network |
Print ISSN | 2054-5266 |
Publisher | Teacher Education Advancement Network |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 24-34 |
Keywords | teaching assistant professionalism, goodwill, ad hoc planning, effective practice, cultural expectations, conditions of employment |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/895905 |
Publisher URL | https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/research/enterprise/tean/tean-journal/ |
Related Public URLs | http://194.81.189.19/ojs/index.php/TEAN/article/view/383/501 |
Contract Date | May 25, 2017 |
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