ENHANCING STUDENTS’ PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY THROUGH A MODEL OF STUDENT TEACHING ASSISTANT TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION INNOVATION AFTER 2015

Abstract

Developing professional capacity for students is one of the primary duties at pedagogical universities in the current period in order to train the future teachers who are both virtuous and professional. Along with intensifying the traineeship for students at secondary schools, the model of student teaching assistant has been widely implemented in universities, which has been developed in many educational systems all over the world. In Vietnam, this model, however, has not been got adequate attention from the educators and leaders, and has not been widespread among universities. This article focuses on analyzing the advantages of the student teaching assistant model towards the development of professional capabilities for students. Furthermore, this paper proposes a model of student teaching assistant and the ways to implement this standard at foreign languages faculty, Thai Nguyen University of Education.