A blog for students on the FDLT and BALT courses at the University of Northampton

at Leicester and UN

February 28, 2014
by Jean
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TAs all over the world!

Here at the University of Northampton we have a course for Teaching Assistants working in International Contexts (CITAC). It has been taught in Rome and is currently being taught in Romania. Wendy Yarnall has just returned from teaching the Mathematics … Continue reading

February 11, 2014
by Jean
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Their one-to-one support can result in significant student progress

The results of two randomised controlled trials  published by England’s Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) on the 7th February 2014 noted that ‘teaching assistants can improve literacy and numeracy when they are deployed well’. Deploying TAs well included using them to … Continue reading