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Conference Session
Preparing Future Educators
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
skillsnecessary to be successful in classroom delivery. However, knowledge of pedagogy coupledwith theory provides a holistic experience for the GTAs. Learning to teach encompassespedagogy, theory and practice. In addition, the self-efficacy of the GTA is an importantcomponent of measurement of the GTAs performance. Do the GTAs believe that they areconfident and capable in their teaching practice? How does self-efficacy manifest in the GTAsteaching? The sense of efficacy is a judgment about capabilities to influence studentengagement and learning, even among those students who may be difficult to motivateā€1 this canbe measured in GTA training by survey and observation. Early teaching experiences can have agreat impact on a GTAs efficacy in teaching as he