Characterising learning in a demonstrator community serving first-year chemistry students at a South African university

dc.contributor.advisorDavidowitz, Betteen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorRollnick, Marissaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWallace, P Karenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-05T18:57:51Z
dc.date.available2015-01-05T18:57:51Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 230-242).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractTeaching assistants (or demonstrators as they are called at South African universities) have become indispensable to the delivery of teaching particularly to first-year students, due mainly to the growing need in tertiary institutions to balance increasing student numbers and needs with pressure on academic staff time and institutional resources. At most universities the role of teaching assistants falls to postgraduate students who are being trained in disciplinary research. In addition to funding their own studies, their participation in teaching activities is increasingly being recognised as preparation for possible careers in tertiary teaching. This study explored learning in a community of demonstrators in the first-year laboratories of a chemistry department at a South African university.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWallace, P. K. (2010). <i>Characterising learning in a demonstrator community serving first-year chemistry students at a South African university</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Chemistry. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11507en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWallace, P Karen. <i>"Characterising learning in a demonstrator community serving first-year chemistry students at a South African university."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Chemistry, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11507en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWallace, P. 2010. Characterising learning in a demonstrator community serving first-year chemistry students at a South African university. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Wallace, P Karen AB - Teaching assistants (or demonstrators as they are called at South African universities) have become indispensable to the delivery of teaching particularly to first-year students, due mainly to the growing need in tertiary institutions to balance increasing student numbers and needs with pressure on academic staff time and institutional resources. At most universities the role of teaching assistants falls to postgraduate students who are being trained in disciplinary research. In addition to funding their own studies, their participation in teaching activities is increasingly being recognised as preparation for possible careers in tertiary teaching. This study explored learning in a community of demonstrators in the first-year laboratories of a chemistry department at a South African university. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Characterising learning in a demonstrator community serving first-year chemistry students at a South African university TI - Characterising learning in a demonstrator community serving first-year chemistry students at a South African university UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11507 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11507
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWallace PK. Characterising learning in a demonstrator community serving first-year chemistry students at a South African university. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Chemistry, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11507en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Chemistryen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherChemistryen_ZA
dc.titleCharacterising learning in a demonstrator community serving first-year chemistry students at a South African universityen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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