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Teaching Difference and Power

Reflections from the Teaching Difference, and Power Symposium: Class Matters

On April 25th, the CFT hosted a Teaching, Difference, and Power symposium focused on the ways teaching and learning can be shaped or challenged by social class.  This was as an event to celebrate and extend discussions that took place over the Fall and Spring of a CFT learning community on social class. About thirty…

Posted by on May 8, 2017 in Events, Learning Communities, News, Teaching Difference and Power

Teaching Difference, and Power Symposium: Class Matters

This year, the Center for Teaching hosted a learning community of faculty and graduate students focused on social class, particularly the challenges faced by lower income and first generation students in the classroom, and class-conscious methods of teaching. On April 25th, join the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching for an end-of-year symposium in which we’ll share…

Posted by on April 5, 2017 in diversity, Events, Inclusive Teaching, Teaching Difference and Power

Symposium on Teaching, Difference, and Power April 21st, 2pm

Among the greatest challenges facing higher education in the US is the difficulty of creating diverse and democratic campus cultures and confronting, rather than replicating, an array of social inequalities. The Center for Teaching selected “Teaching, Difference, and Power” as its annual theme to understand the challenges educators face in negotiating difference and power in…

Posted by on April 13, 2015 in diversity, event, Events, News, Teaching Difference and Power

Symposium on Teaching, Difference, and Power Scheduled for April 21st

Among the greatest challenges facing higher education in the US is the difficulty of creating diverse and democratic campus cultures and confronting, rather than replicating, an array of social inequalities. The Center for Teaching selected “Teaching, Difference, and Power” as…

Posted by on March 12, 2015 in CFT Event, diversity, Events, News, Teaching Difference and Power

Upcoming Faculty Teaching Visit with Lorraine Lopez, Associate Professor of English, Tuesday, February 24th

ENGL 199: Foundations of Literary Study Imaginative Writing: Joining the Conversation Lorraine Lopez is an associate professor of English and co-director of Vanderbilt’s multidisciplinary program in Latino and Latina Studies. In this course, Lorraine helps her students consider the questions…

Posted by on February 10, 2015 in Events, News, Teaching Difference and Power, Teaching Visit, Teaching Writing

Upcoming Faculty Teaching Visit with Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Wednesday, February 18th

BME 260: Analysis of Biomedical Data Anita Mahadevan-Jansen is a professor of Biomedical Engineering and director of CIRTL-at-Vanderbilt, an initiative focused on professional development of STEM graduate students and post-docs around teaching. In BME 260, Anita focuses on helping students…

Posted by on February 4, 2015 in Discussion Leading, Events, News, STEM, Teaching Difference and Power, Teaching Visit

When Words Won’t Suffice

By Ben Galina, Graduate Teaching Fellow  Monday, November 3rd at 7:15pm, our learning community will meet at the Center for Teaching to discuss microagressions. For more information, stop by the CFT, check out our website, or email me or my…

Posted by on October 29, 2014 in Events, graduate students, graduate teaching fellows, News, Teaching Difference and Power

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