Teaching assistant
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A teaching assistant is an individual who assists a professor or teacher with instructional responsibilities. TAs include graduate teaching assistants, who are graduate students; undergraduate teachin
A teaching assistant interacts with a reading child in October 2006 at U.S. Sasebo Naval base
Tutoring
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Tutoring is private academic help, usually provided by an expert teacher; someone with deep knowledge or defined expertise in a particular subject or set of subjects.
Teaching assistant
…at a college or university in teaching-related responsibilities. In New Zealand, Australian, and some Canadian universities, graduate TAs are known as tutors. North American graduate TA positions provide funding for postgraduate research—although the main purpose is to provide teaching support—and it often…
Prince Charles Louis of the Palatinate with his tutor Wolrad von Plessen, in traditional dress
Tutoring in France, c. 1950s