2012
Special lecture: Argumentative Writing and the Common Core
May. 18, 2012—Peabody’s department of Special Education and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center are co-sponsoring a Special Lecture this coming Monday, May 21, at 10:30 a.m. The lecture, Argumentative Writing and the Common Core: Descriptive and Normative Considerations, will be given by Ralph Ferretti, Ph.D. (Professor of Education, University of Delaware). More details are available on the Kennedy Center website. Date: May...
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 O’Bryan Center and Nashville Promise Neighborhood. The CFT was fortunate to have Kimberly as one...
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 and materials to help those in higher education conduct and use the scholarship of teaching...
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 year, four TAR Fellows completed projects exploring aspects of undergraduate education in their disciplines. Each...
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 Nancy Chick assuming the role as coordinator for the group. Nancy is eager to hear...
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 July. Cynthia received her B.S. from Centre College and her Ph.D. in pharmacology here at...
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 integrate more fully your teaching and research. Design and refine courses. Add to your repertoire...
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 Derek Bruff as he reports on-location from the floor of the poster session at the...
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 Sciences Menghun Goh, Graduate Department of Religion Jenna Gorlewicz, Mechanical Engineering Beth Koontz, Anthropology Ebany...
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 discipline and the world in new and different ways. Each fall the Center offers two orientations:...