Resources for Graduate Students

Teaching Resources for TAs

Our teaching resources for TAs are now catalogued on an external Social Bookmarking site called delicious. These resource links have been selected and curated by experienced TAs in each discipline and by our TATP instructors. Each resource has a short description of its contents and is "tagged" with keywords. Please start exporing these resources by clicking on any of the tags below and then select any of the resources or other tags that interest you. Alternatively, you can start by viewing our tag cloud, or using the search function in the top right corner of our site on delicious. There are over 600 excellent teaching resources for you to discover!

For more information on Social Bookmarking and tagging, please see the 7 things you should know about... guide from Educause.

Discipline-specific TA Resources

Anatomy
Biology
Chemistry
Economics
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Engineering
English
Philosophy
Physics
Psychology

General Teaching Assistant Resources

Active Learning
Assessment
Class Management
Course Design
International TAs
Journals
Lab Teaching
Poster Design

Teaching Resources at Western

Please see the Teaching Tips section of the 360 Graduate Student Professional Development website for our general teaching resources and information on learning styles.

Important Information about teaching at Western:

There are also many other resources for graduate students at the 360 website, including Strategies for Academic Success, Writing and Publication, Getting Mentored, Career Resources, and Campus Community.

360 Professional Development
The goal of graduate education is to transform students into scholars and professionals in their disciplines. The programs of the 360 degree graduate student professional development initiative provide critical communication, writing, and professional skills that enable new scholars to disseminate their research, to teach effectively, and collaborate successfully, and provide career preparation that facilitates their successful transition to careers in academia, government, industry and beyond.
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TA Handbook
As a teaching assistant, you make an important contribution to the quality of undergraduate education at the university.
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