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From a Student’s View: Solving a Campus Navigation Challenge
Oct. 22, 2013—by Julie Lapidot, CFT Student Assistant Today’s post is part of our “Students as Producers” theme year, as well as our irregular “From a Student’s View” blog series. Allanah Jackson is a Peabody sophomore who had the opportunity last spring to be a “producer” in her Human and Organizational Development (HOD) 1100 class, taught by...
CFT Offers New Guide: “Beyond the Essay: Making Student Thinking Visible in the Humanities”
Oct. 21, 2013—In August, the CFT announced a theme for much of our programming this year: Students as Producers. A new guide written by CFT Assistant Director Nancy Chick applies this theme to the disciplines in the humanities. “Beyond the Essay: Making Student Thinking Visible in the Humanities” explores assignments that fulfill three goals: making student knowledge...
Upcoming Faculty Teaching Visit with Luke Froeb on October 28th
Oct. 21, 2013—The Teaching Visits program is an important way by which the CFT promotes collaborative inquiry and reflection. Specifically, the Teaching Visits program provides case-based opportunities for Vanderbilt teachers to consider choices they have when constructing their classes. A small group of visitors observes a host’s class on a selected day and then engages in an...
Upcoming “Students as Producers” Conversation on Teaching, October 24th
Oct. 17, 2013—As part of our “Students as Producers” theme year, the Center for Teaching will share and explore ways that instructors can teach for this kind of learning. Students, particularly undergraduates, are often seen as “consumers” of knowledge, memorizing information delivered to them by professors during class and then simply repeating it back on exams and...
Upcoming Teaching. Writing. Learning: Conversation with James Fraser
Oct. 15, 2013—Sponsored by the Center for Teaching, the Writing Studio, and the Heard Library; “Teaching. Writing. Learning.” is a series of monthly lunchtime conversations for anyone who teaches writing at Vanderbilt to gather and discuss specific issues, hear an invited colleague briefly introduce a relevant best practice, hear a bit about other research-based practices, share one’s...
CFT Offers New Guide: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Oct. 14, 2013—The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL, pronounced “sō-tul” in the US) is a synthesis of teaching, learning, and research in higher education that aims to bring a scholarly lens—the curiosity, the inquiry, the rigor, the disciplinary variety—to what happens in the classroom (brick-and-mortar, virtual, co-curricular, et al.). SoTL involves asking meaningful questions about student...
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight: Bryan Lowe
Oct. 11, 2013—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, Bryan D. Lowe, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, talks about his teaching philosophy and interests: My research and teaching address issues related to the religious traditions of Japan and theoretical and methodological problems in the study of religion more...
Upcoming Faculty Teaching Visit with Doug Fisher on October 17th
Oct. 10, 2013—The Teaching Visits program is an important way by which the CFT promotes collaborative inquiry and reflection. Specifically, the Teaching Visits program provides case-based opportunities for Vanderbilt teachers to consider choices they have when constructing their classes. A small group of visitors observes a host’s class on a selected day and then engages in an...
Upcoming Teaching Worshop – Beyond the Five-Page Paper: Representing Student Learning Visually
Oct. 9, 2013—Date: Wednesday, October 16th Time: 3:10 – 4:30 Location: Center for Teaching Facilitators: Derek Bruff and Nancy Chick Audience: Faculty, Students (Undergraduate and Graduate), and Staff There’s no rule that says students must express what they’ve learned in a college course in the form of a paper, five pages long or otherwise. Sometimes a more...
Upcoming Faculty Teaching Visit with Jay Clayton on October 15th
Oct. 8, 2013—The Teaching Visits program is an important way by which the CFT promotes collaborative inquiry and reflection. Specifically, the Teaching Visits program provides case-based opportunities for Vanderbilt teachers to consider choices they have when constructing their classes. A small group of visitors observes a host’s class on a selected day and then engages in an...