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The Traveling Stanzas: Poets for Science
The Traveling Stanzas is an interactive exhibit that will be on display in the lobby of Buttrick Hall from Monday, Feb 3rd at 12 pm until Wednesday, Feb 5th at 4PM. The Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University has driven innovation and generated national distinction for over three decades through its award-winning Traveling Stanzas project,…
Posted by Rhett McDaniel on January 31, 2020 in event, Events, News, STEM
The Traveling Stanzas: Poets for Science
The Traveling Stanzas is an interactive exhibit that will be on display in the lobby of Buttrick Hall from Monday, Feb 3rd at 12 pm until Wednesday, Feb 5th at 4PM. The Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University has driven innovation and generated national distinction for over three decades through its award-winning Traveling Stanzas project,…
Posted by Rhett McDaniel on January 31, 2020 in event, Events, News, STEM
Town Hall: Branches from the Same Tree: The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Science, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education
On Feb 4th in the Student Life Center, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine and Vanderbilt University will hold a Town Hall – Branches from the Same Tree: The integration of the humanities and arts with science, engineering, and medicine in higher education. The town hall will be held on Feb 4th with a…
Posted by Rhett McDaniel on January 30, 2020 in Events, Humanities, News, Related Events, STEM, STEM teaching
Town Hall: Branches from the Same Tree: The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Science, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education
On Feb 4th in the Student Life Center, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine and Vanderbilt University will hold a Town Hall – Branches from the Same Tree: The integration of the humanities and arts with science, engineering, and medicine in higher education. The town hall will be held on Feb 4th with a…
Posted by Rhett McDaniel on January 30, 2020 in Events, Humanities, News, Related Events, STEM, STEM teaching
Teaching Writing Workshop Series: Scaffolding Writing Across the Semester
Over the course of the academic year, the Writing Studio leads a series of faculty workshops focused on different aspects of teaching writing. Workshops provide participants with current research, strategies for best practices, and a forum for discussing how these approaches might be adapted to teaching writing in their disciplines. The Teaching Writing Workshop Series…
Posted by Rhett McDaniel on December 4, 2019 in Events, News, Teaching Writing, workshop
Teaching Writing Workshop Series: Scaffolding Writing Across the Semester
Over the course of the academic year, the Writing Studio leads a series of faculty workshops focused on different aspects of teaching writing. Workshops provide participants with current research, strategies for best practices, and a forum for discussing how these approaches might be adapted to teaching writing in their disciplines. The Teaching Writing Workshop Series…
Posted by Rhett McDaniel on December 4, 2019 in Events, News, Teaching Writing, workshop
Biological Sciences Seminar: Improving student learning through understanding reasoning and problem-solving practices
Join the Biological Sciences Department on Monday, December 2, 3:30-5:15, to consider different teaching practices as part of their ongoing seminar series. Undergraduate Learning Assistants will present posters on questions such as, “Which clicker questions promote the most discussion?” during tea time from 3:30-4:10, followed by Professor Jenny Knight’s seminar. Professor Knight writes, “Classroom practices…
Posted by Rhett McDaniel on November 26, 2019 in complex problems, Events, Metacognition, News, science teaching, Small groups
Biological Sciences Seminar: Improving student learning through understanding reasoning and problem-solving practices
Join the Biological Sciences Department on Monday, December 2, 3:30-5:15, to consider different teaching practices as part of their ongoing seminar series. Undergraduate Learning Assistants will present posters on questions such as, “Which clicker questions promote the most discussion?” during tea time from 3:30-4:10, followed by Professor Jenny Knight’s seminar. Professor Knight writes, “Classroom practices…
Posted by Rhett McDaniel on November 26, 2019 in complex problems, Events, Metacognition, News, science teaching, Small groups
Science Teaching Lunch on more inclusive active learning classrooms: How groups of students are differentially impacted by active learning
Join Professor Sara Brownell at a Science Teaching Lunch as she discusses her lab’s work investigating some “off-target” effects of active learning. Professor Brownell writes, “To what extent do students experience college science classrooms differently because of their social identities? How has transitioning traditional lecture courses to active learning spaces impacted students? What can instructors…
Posted by Rhett McDaniel on November 18, 2019 in Active Learning, Events, Inclusive Teaching, News, science teaching
Come Work at the Center for Teaching!
Each year the Center for Teaching (CFT) hires a number of graduate students as part of its efforts to mentor and train graduate students, including those serving as teaching assistants or instructors of record here at Vanderbilt as well as those interested in developing teaching skills for future faculty careers. The CFT has several types…
Posted by Rhett McDaniel on November 13, 2019 in CiCT, Events, graduate teaching fellows, job opportunity, News, Teaching Affiliates
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