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How to (Re)frame Your Teaching for Non-academic Jobs

By Andrew Greer, Graduate Teaching Fellow  Attention fellow graduate students: Eventually we will seek employment outside of our programs. If you’re like me, your search is in full force. With the majority of academic applications behind me, I’ve switched my…

Posted by on February 12, 2014 in Events, GradSTEP, graduate students, Humanities, News, Professional Development, Resource, Social Sciences, STEM

Learn to Produce or Produce to Learn?

Vanderbilt faculty members have found a variety of ways to engage students as producers in their classes and guided students to produce work for authentic audiences. The CFT celebrated its 16th annual Graduate Student Teaching Event for Professional Development (GradSTEP)…

Posted by on February 5, 2014 in Educational Technology, Events, GradSTEP, News, Service-Learning, Students as Producers

Upcoming Teaching. Writing. Learning: Conversation with Amanda Benson

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…

Posted by on January 14, 2014 in Events, News

New Partnership, New Opportunities for Humanities Doctoral Students

by Nancy Chick, CFT Assistant Director We at the CFT are thrilled to be part of Vanderbilt’s new Mellon Partners for Humanities Education project to provide “specialized training for new Vanderbilt Ph.D.s in preparing students for teaching at liberal arts…

Posted by on January 8, 2014 in Certificate in College Teaching, Events, graduate teaching fellows, Grants, Humanities, News

CIRTL Coffee Hour: Constructing Your Teaching Portfolio

Ever wonder exactly should be in a teaching portfolio….or perhaps, how you should go about getting the teaching experience that would let you construct one? Don Gillian-Daniel, Jenna Gorlewicz, and Mary Loveless addressed just these questions at a recent CIRTL…

Posted by on December 10, 2013 in CIRTL, Events, News, scholarship of teaching and learning, Teaching Documentation

Upcoming Teaching. Writing. Learning: Conversation with Melinda Brown

Fear, Tired, Dread, Excited: Student Feelings and the Research Assignment Thinking about your Spring 2014 assignments? Participate in this conversation to identify concrete strategies for writing research assignments that maximize positive student responses. Wednesday, November 20 12:10-1:00, Community Room, Central…

Posted by on November 13, 2013 in Events, News

Upcoming Teaching Worshop – Engaging Students as Learners and as Participants in Community Building: The Synergies of Service Learning

Date: Thursday, November 14th Time: 4:10 – 5:30 Location: Center for Teaching Facilitator: Joe Bandy Audience: Faculty, Students (Undergraduate and Graduate), and Staff Service learning is a pedagogy that combines the learning goals of your courses and the ideals of…

Posted by on November 7, 2013 in Events, News

Upcoming Faculty Teaching Visit with Luke Froeb on October 28th

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…

Posted by on October 21, 2013 in Events, News

Upcoming “Students as Producers” Conversation on Teaching, October 24th

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…

Posted by on October 17, 2013 in Events, News

Upcoming Teaching. Writing. Learning: Conversation with James Fraser

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…

Posted by on October 15, 2013 in Events, News

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