Areas of Competence: Knowledge and Understanding; Use, application and generation of knowledge; Communication and cooperation; Scientific self-understanding / professionalism.
Teaching Assisntants learn the basic requirements for preparing, teaching, and postprocessing master-level courses. By swapping from student to teacher perspective, they learn basic skills in education, communication of scientific facts and concepts, and experience basic challenges in academic work.
Teaching Assistants are able to prepare and teach laboratory and exercise courses, create, propose and process examination tasks for university courses, and work with student results and grades in an academic environment.
Along with the teaching experience, teaching assisntants improve their presentation and rhetoric skills, learn how to handle critical situations in teaching events, and get additional experience in time managment. All of this improves their self-awareness and professionality as scientists.