Cooperation Between a Beginning Teacher in the First Year of Primary School and a Teaching Assistant

The first chapter of the theoretical part of the thesis focuses on the pupil at the beginning of school attendance. Then it is devoted to the characteristics of the educators, the teacher and teaching assistant, and their necessary mutual cooperation. It describes their competences and personal prerequisites for this profession. The novice teacher and the mentoring associated with him/her are not omitted. The theoretical part is followed by the empirical part, which is based on a qualitative research investigation in the form of a case study in which participant observation and semi-structured interviews were conducted. It sets out to describe the collaboration between a teaching assistant and a beginning first year teacher in a particular primary school. KEYWORDS Beginning teacher, Teacher, Teaching assistant, Cooperatio