Adopt a Bacterium: a professional development opportunity for teacher assistants

ABSTRACT Science teaching in most Brazilian Universities tends to focus mainly on lectures and provides few opportunities for the development of modern teaching skills. Our group developed an online tool called Adopt a Bacterium, which consists on a Facebook group where teacher assistants (TAs) can...

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Published in:FEMS microbiology letters 2020-08, Vol.367 (16), p.1
Main Authors: Taschner, N P, de Almeida, L G, Pose, R A, Ferreira, R C C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteria
Colleges & universities
Methods
Microbiology
Professional development
Science education
Sciences education
Skills
Teachers
Teaching
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Summary:ABSTRACT Science teaching in most Brazilian Universities tends to focus mainly on lectures and provides few opportunities for the development of modern teaching skills. Our group developed an online tool called Adopt a Bacterium, which consists on a Facebook group where teacher assistants (TAs) can interact with students and have a first contact with student-focused learning approaches. This work shows the TAs’ own assessment of how the tool could be further explored to help them develop skills and become better teachers. Adopt a Bacterium is an online tool that can be used to promote teacher assistants a professional development opportunity, using Facebook groups to connect them with the students.
ISSN:1574-6968
0378-1097
1574-6968
DOI:10.1093/femsle/fnaa131