Teaching assistants and pupils' academic and social engagement in mainstream schools: insights from systematic literature reviews

dc.creator	Wasyl Cajkler
dc.creator	Geoff Tennant
dc.date	2009-11-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:18:24Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:18:24Z
dc.identifier	2073-7629
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9c52145741784214a5ed5973949a6785
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/26896
dc.description	The last twenty years have seen a huge expansion in the additional adults working in classrooms in the UK, USA, and other countries. This paper presents the findings of a series of systematic literature reviews about teaching assistants (TAs). The first two reviews focused on stakeholder perceptions of TAs' contributions to academic and social engagement, namely the perceptions of pupils, teachers, TAs, headteachers and parents on four principal contributions that teaching assistants contribute to: pupils' academic and socio-academic engagement; inclusion; maintenance of stakeholder relations; and support for the teacher. The third review explored training of TAs. Against a background of patchy training provision both in the UK and the USA, strong claims are made for the benefits to TAs of training provided, particularly in building confidence and skills. The conclusions include implications for further training and the need for further research to gain an in-depth understanding of the way TAs engage with children.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Malta
dc.relation	http://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/183221/ENSECV1I2P5.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2073-7629
dc.source	International Journal of Emotional Education, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 71-90 (2009)
dc.subject	responding
dc.subject	diversity
dc.subject	social and emotional learning
dc.subject	policies
dc.subject	practices
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Teaching assistants and pupils' academic and social engagement in mainstream schools: insights from systematic literature reviews
dc.type	article