"teaching assistant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: teaching assistants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} teaching assistant (plural teaching assistants)
  1. (education) A person who assists a teacher with instructional responsibilities, often by supporting students with learning disabilities or physical disabilities. Wikipedia link: teaching assistant Categories (topical): Education, Occupations, People Synonyms: education assistant, teacher's aide, team teacher, paraprofessional educator, para Translations (individual who assists a teacher): 助教 (zhùjiào) (Chinese Mandarin), instruktor [common-gender] (Danish), koulunkäyntiavustaja (Finnish), auxiliaire d’enseignement [feminine, masculine] (French), assistant d’enseignement [masculine] (French), assistante d’enseignement [feminine] (French), gyakornok (Hungarian), múinteoir cúnta [masculine] (Irish), professor assistente [masculine] (Portuguese), professora assistente [feminine] (Portuguese), skolassistent [common-gender] (Swedish)

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