{"product_id":"reassessing-the-impact-of-teaching-assistants-9780415687645","title":"Reassessing the Impact of Teaching Assistants","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the last decade, teaching assistants (TAs) have become an established part of everyday classroom life. TAs are often used by schools to help low-attaining pupils and those with special educational needs. Yet despite the huge rise in the number of TAs working in UK classrooms, very little is known about their impact on pupils. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis key and timely text examines the impact of TAs on pupils' learning and behaviour, and on teachers and teaching. The authors present the provocative findings from the ground-breaking and seminal Deployment and Impact of Support Staff (DISS) project. This was the largest, most in-depth study ever to be carried out in this field. It critically examined the effect of TA support on the academic progress of 8,200 pupils, made extensive observations of nearly 700 pupils and over 100 TAs, and collected data from over 17,800 questionnaire responses and interviews with over 470 school staff and pupils.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book reveals the extent to \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction 2. The impact of TAs 3. Characteristics of TAs and their conditions of employment 4. Preparedness 5. The deployment of TAs in schools 6. The 'practice' of TAs 7. Conclusions\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018183377239,"sku":"9780415687645","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415687645.jpg?v=1750775930","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reassessing-the-impact-of-teaching-assistants-9780415687645","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}