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Kimberly Bess Receives Harold Love Outstanding Community Involvement Award
May 15, 2012 — The Center for Teaching is very proud to report that Kimberly Bess, Assistant Professor of Human and Organizational Development, has received the 2012 Harold Love Outstanding Community Involvement Award from the Tennessee General Assembly for her research with the Martha...... KEEP READING »
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From the Stacks…
May 14, 2012 — Enhancing Learning Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: The Challenges and Joys of Juggling by Kathleen McKinney Read a review of this book by CFT Assistant Director Nancy Chick From the publisher… There has been growing demand for workshops...... KEEP READING »
Tags: Book Review, Library Book, SoTL
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Teaching-as-Research Fellows Share Completed Projects
May 11, 2012 — As part of the national Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network activities at Vanderbilt, the CFT co-sponsors the Teaching-as-Research (TAR) Fellows program for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields. This...... KEEP READING »
Tags: CIRTL, SoTL
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CFT continues the Contemplative Pedagogy Working Group
May 9, 2012 — The CFT would like to thank Julie Sandine (Law School) and Linda Manning (Center for Integrative Health) for guiding the Contemplative Pedagogy Working Group since last summer. They have asked the CFT to guide the group beginning this summer with...... KEEP READING »
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The CFT Welcomes New Assistant Director Cynthia Brame
May 8, 2012 — We’re excited to announce the upcoming appointment of Cynthia Brame as a new assistant director at the CFT. Cynthia is currently an associate professor of biology at Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, and will begin here at the CFT in...... KEEP READING »
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Apply to be a Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow
May 7, 2012 — The CFT’s Junior Faculty Teaching Fellowship program provides a special set of opportunities for junior tenure-track faculty to… Learn from senior colleagues about successful teaching practices and how to better balance the many demands of work and life. Learn to...... KEEP READING »
Tags: CFT Programs, Junior Faculty
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Episode 30 – Student Learning on Display: Spinach-Powered Solar Cells
May 4, 2012 — In an effort to better understand student learning, particularly deep learning, as it occurs at Vanderbilt, the CFT is producing a special series of podcasts highlighting student projects across a variety of disciplines. In this episode we join CFT Director...... KEEP READING »
Tags: Active Learning, STEM, Student Motivation, Student Projects, Team-Based Learning
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Congratulations to the 2012 Teaching Certificate Recipients
May 4, 2012 — The Center for Teaching congratulates the 16 graduate students who completed the requirements to receive their Teaching Certificate this spring. These individuals were: Elizabeth Adolph, Chemical Engineering Robert Brucker, Biological Sciences Angela Cowser, Graduate Department of Religion Wenyue Du, Biological...... KEEP READING »
Tags: CFT Programs, featured, Graduate Education, Teaching Certificate
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Fall Orientations Scheduled for New Faculty and Teaching Assistants
May 3, 2012 — At Vanderbilt, we believe research and teaching can be — indeed must be — united. Just as you ask innovative and challenging questions in your research, your efforts in the classroom or the laboratory challenge your students to experience your...... KEEP READING »
Tags: Faculty, featured, Orientation, Teaching Assistants
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Join Us for the Celebration of Teaching on Wednesday!
April 30, 2012 — The CFT, in conjunction with the Graduate School, invite you to join us in celebrating teaching on the Vanderbilt campus and honor the 2012 recipients of the Center’s Teaching Certificate program on Wednesday, May 2 at 4:00pm at the Center...... KEEP READING »
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Celebration of Teaching Spotlight: Campus Collaborations
April 27, 2012 — The work of the Center to support teaching and learning at Vanderbilt takes many shapes and durations, ranging from single conversations to multi-year collaborative projects. In partnership with many other units across campus, we build bridges within the university, bringing...... KEEP READING »
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Connecting teaching & researching: SoTL Symposium Re-Cap
April 25, 2012 — Last week the CFT held a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium that offered a unique, interactive format aimed to give attendees practical knowledge and methods for developing, analyzing, applying, and sharing scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) work. Brought...... KEEP READING »
Tags: SoTL, Teaching Certificate
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