The Reason That a Teachers’ Tssistant is Needed in Colleges

By: Jae Yu Ko

Several universities today have both teachers and their assistants to teach students for a few subjects. Usually, teachers’ assistants are graduates because they have been studying in graduate schools while they teach students. It means that they may know better than older professors. As in math and science classes, teachers’ assistants work to teach students and help them learn better about materials. Mostly, students have to understand both concept and how to solve problems based on the concept. Thus, it is necessary for teachers’ assistants to help students comprehend concept and solving problems better.

A number of colleges require teachers’ assistants for some specific subjects such as math and science. To help students understand, teacher’s assistants need to go into the questions and the concept of materials. For instance, in Georgia Tech, there are a lot of teachers’ assistants on Calculus and chemistry. To understand Calculus and chemistry, students have to know the concept before solving the problems. Basically, professors teach the concept of the materials and TAs teach students how to solve the problems based on the concept. Professors without TAs burden too much for main subjects because there are excessive materials for students to learn. So, even though both professors and TAs work for students, the book is not usually completed until the semester is ended.

Teachers’ assistants play an important role in helping students understand better about the materials. Nowadays, a lot of universities use teachers’ assistants and universities which do not have any teachers’ assistants will need them. Therefore, teaching students better can affect the ranking on the college lists and the fame of colleges.