Manual for assistantships
Building Active Peer Learning in Higher Education

When talking about enhancing learning in university and higher education spaces, the professor is often thought of as the key agent in students' learning construction. It is less often considered that interactions among students themselves—during a class—as well as teaching assistantships—where a student from higher semesters demonstrates expertise in a disciplinary field—can be spaces where mutual learning is constructed. It is known that we learn together with others and that an adequate teaching process facilitates student learning.

This manual highlights that the teaching assistant role opens learning opportunities for students, whom they accompany in their development, to learn meaningfully. It illustrates how teaching assistants plan and develop their roles, and the actions and strategies proposed reflect a profound and insightful approach to learning. Designing assistantships with this purpose also impacts how the teaching assistant approaches their own learning.