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teaching 101: graduate student/postdoc workshop
feb. 1, 2019—have you been thrust into an instructional role for which you feel unprepared? are you a multi-semester teacher who wants a refresher on some of the basics? regardless of your teaching experience, this workshop will provide practical, concrete guidance on the mechanics of teaching and classroom presence, with an eye towards small tweaks and adjustments...
top hat week is here!
jan. 28, 2019—by derek bruff, cft director it’s top hat week at vanderbilt! what does that mean? well, we’re encouraging everyone teaching a class at vanderbilt this week to try top hat, vanderbilt’s in-class polling system. you can use top hat to pose a multiple-choice or free-response question to your students and have them respond using their...
crafting an effective teaching statement: revising your draft graduate student/postdoc workshop
jan. 28, 2019—after attending the creating your draft workshop, this revising your draft workshop will allow participants to get feedback on their teaching philosophy statement. this session will include a quick review of best practices for writing a teaching statement/philosophy for the academic job market, however most of the time will be spent peer reviewing each other’s...
attend the celebration of learning on february 4th
jan. 25, 2019—on february 4th the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 will hold a celebration of learning, an exhibition of students as producers. research projects and design initiatives, podcasts and documentaries, candle-making devices and board games, clothing catalogs and virtual reality simulations… these and more will be on display in alumni hall from 2pm to 4pm. we’re inviting faculty,...
crafting an effective teaching statement: creating your draft graduate student/postdoc workshop
jan. 15, 2019—in this workshop, we will address best practices for writing a teaching statement/philosophy for the academic job market. this workshop is open to vanderbilt graduate students & postdocs from across the disciplines who want to improve their teaching portfolio materials. all teaching experience levels are welcome. this workshop is especially helpful for those who do...
top hat week begins jan. 28th!
jan. 13, 2019—are you interested in new ways to engage your students during class? top hat is vanderbilt’s classroom response system, available for free to all faculty, staff, and students. using top hat, instructors can pose polling questions and ask all their students to respond using their phones or laptops. top hat quickly collects and visualizes student...
celebration of learning: an exhibition of students as producers on feb. 4th
jan. 10, 2019—on february 4, 2019, the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 will hold a celebration of learning, an exhibition of students as producers. the event will feature students from all over campus sharing what they have learned, created, designed, and discovered, providing the vanderbilt community with a picture of deep learning across the colleges and schools. we are...
celebration of learning: an exhibition of students as producers
dec. 7, 2018—on february 4, 2019, the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 will hold a celebration of learning, an exhibition of students as producers. the event will feature students from all over campus sharing what they have learned, created, designed, and discovered, providing the vanderbilt community with a picture of deep learning across the colleges and schools. we are...
upcoming science teaching lunch on november 16th
nov. 13, 2018—the science teaching lunch series invites faculty from a&s science departments to discuss common teaching challenges and to seek ideas and solutions from colleagues and the literature on science teaching and learning. this fall, the series will focus on questions relevant to graduate student education. the november teaching lunch will focus on using mentoring agreements...
online communities: teaching digital literacies learning community
nov. 8, 2018—how can we encourage students to engage in civil and respective dialogue in digital environments? how can we help our students learn to contribute productively to online communities? join us for a conversation on teaching students to particpate in online communities at the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 on tuesday, november 13, 2018, from 2:00 to 3:30pm....