‘Guest Post’
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight: Kimberly Bess
Jan. 19, 2011—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. In January 2011, Kimberly D. Bess, Assistant Professor of Human and Organizational Development talks about her teaching philosophy and interests: As a teacher I see myself as a co-participant in a learning journey with my students. For me teaching is a challenging,...
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight: Chris Bennett
Jan. 6, 2011—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. In December 2010, Chris Bennett, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics talked about his teaching philosophy and interests. Since joining the Department of Economics in the Fall of 2008, I have had the opportunity to teach classes in statistics and...
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight: Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman
Nov. 3, 2010—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Law talks about his teaching philosophy and interests. As a teacher, I hope to inspire a spirit of inquiry and engagement in my students. Historically, my teaching has focused heavily on...
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight: Jinah Kim
Oct. 11, 2010—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, Jinah Kim from the Department of History of Art talks about her teaching philosophy and interests. I strongly believe in active learning. By active learning, I mean that students participate actively and critically in the formation of their own...
How Novice Programmers Learn to Code: A Teaching-as-Research Project
Sep. 28, 2010—This is a guest post by Jonathan Wellons, graduate student in computer science and participant in our Teaching-as-Research Fellows program in 2009. Thanks to Jonathan for sharing his experiences in the program. We welcome contributions to the CFT blog by others in the Vanderbilt teaching community! Most computer scientists either remember how frustrating their first...
Teaching and Evaluating All at Once: Asking Students to Write Their Own Questions
Jul. 23, 2010—This is a guest post by Isabel Gauthier, professor of psychology specialized in cognition and cognitive neuroscience. Thanks to Isabel for sharing this insight into her teaching. We welcome contributions to the CFT blog by others in the Vanderbilt teaching community! It is difficult to write meaningful and discriminative multiple-choice questions that students find clear...
Engaging Students with Images Using VisualsSpeak
May. 17, 2010—[This is a guest post by Kate O’Doherty, graduate student in psychology & human development and 2010-2011 CFT Teaching Affiliate. We welcome contributions to the CFT blog by others in the Vanderbilt teaching community!] I consider myself pretty familiar with the typical classroom tools. PowerPoint? I’ve got it down-even those custom animations. Video? Sure, I...