{"id":4544,"date":"2011-01-06t11:10:59","date_gmt":"2011-01-06t16:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=4544"},"modified":"2021-01-29t15:36:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29t20:36:52","slug":"junior-faculty-teaching-fellow-spotlight-chris-bennett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2011\/01\/junior-faculty-teaching-fellow-spotlight-chris-bennett\/","title":{"rendered":"junior faculty teaching fellow spotlight: chris bennett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>each month, the cft newsletter highlights the work of our <a href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/programs\/jftf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">junior faculty teaching fellows<\/a>. in december 2010, chris bennett, assistant professor in the department of economics talked about his teaching philosophy and interests.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/bennett-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"197\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"30\" vspace=\"30\" \/><\/p>\n<p>since joining the department of economics in the fall of 2008, i have had the opportunity to teach classes in statistics and econometrics to students at various levels, including undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students. invariably, these classes require that students grapple with material that is both conceptually and<\/p>\n<p>technically difficult. teaching therefore requires striking a fine balance. indeed, while it is important to train students to become comfortable with the essential mathematical tools of analysis, this should not be done at the expense of their gaining an enduring understanding of the basic principles. nor should\u00a0 students be robbed of an opportunity to see statistical analysis brought to life through interesting and timely practical applications.<\/p>\n<h4>&#8220;&#8230;while it is important to train students to become comfortable with the essential mathematical tools of analysis, this should not be done at the expense of their gaining an enduring understanding of the basic principles.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>in tackling these challenges, i have benefited enormously from previous workshops at the cft.\u00a0 now, as a participant in this year&#8217;s junior faculty teaching fellows program, i\u00a0 have a unique opportunity to interact with senior faculty mentors, cft senior staff, as well as a number junior faculty members from from\u00a0 various departments across the university.\u00a0 this experience will certainly help me identify further useful techniques and technologies that will benefit me and ultimately benefit my students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":4550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[105,67,107],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09153610\/bennett-copy1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4544"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37081,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4544\/revisions\/37081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}