{"id":19827,"date":"2014-08-21t09:35:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-21t14:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?page_id=19827"},"modified":"2018-07-30t15:05:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30t20:05:33","slug":"teaching-visits-fall-2013-archived","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/events\/teaching-visits-fall-2013-archived\/","title":{"rendered":"teaching visits fall 2013 (archived)"},"content":{"rendered":"
the teaching visits program<\/strong> is an important mechanism 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n a small group of visitors observes a host\u2019s class on a selected day and then engages in an hour of conversation about the instructor\u2019s strategies. these visits provide fodder for the critical reflection so essential to the ongoing process of improving teaching, and thus are among our most valuable and helpful events. they are great opportunities for vanderbilt teachers to observe directly and then discuss<\/a> various forms of teaching across the disciplines, building collegiality and expertise around inquiries into teaching and learning.<\/p>\n if you are interested in hosting a teaching visit or have any other questions about the program, please contact the cft\u2019s cynthia brame<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/a>associate professor of biological sciences <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n kathy friedman takes a highly interactive approach to teaching genetics, and has always found review sessions to be the best learning experiences for her students. this semester, she is trying to extend the review session model by \u201cflipping\u201d some of her genetics lectures. collaborating with bold fellow tessy sebastian, kathy has developed videos, quizzes, and practice problems that introduce students to basic concepts before coming to class, allowing them to spend class time focused on more advanced applications of the concepts. this teaching visit will provide an opportunity to discuss how kathy and tessy prepared the online materials as well as the students\u2019 and instructor\u2019s response to the flipped class experience.<\/p>\n date: thursday, january 16th<\/span> faculty of any rank<\/strong> <\/span>register now<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a>professor of law edward cheng’s research focuses on scientific and expert evidence, and the interaction between law and statistics. law 735: evidence is a comprehensive survey of the federal rules of evidence, the rules that regulate the flow of information to juries in the vast majority of trial courts. professor cheng uses a variety of teaching methods, including legal education\u2019s signature pedagogy, the socratic method, as well as lectures, discussion, role-playing, and case studies. cheng varies his methods from class to class to keep the content\u2014typically thought to be somewhat dry\u2014fresh and lively and, more importantly, to help students see and understand how the rules of evidence are applied as real-time weapons used to craft arguments in court.<\/p>\n date: wednesday, february 5th<\/span> faculty of any rank<\/strong> <\/span>register now<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a>terence e. adderley jr. professor of economics & professor of history (by courtesy) and department chair professor collins is an economic historian whose research concentrates on twentieth-century labor market and urban history. his recent work has studied changes in racial disparities in earnings and educational attainment, inter-regional migration, the economic impact of urban riots, the history of urban renewal programs, and the origins of the baby boom. in his course: topics in the economic history of the us, dr. collins offers an analysis of major issues and debates in american economic history.<\/p>\n date: thursday, march 20th<\/span> faculty of any rank<\/strong><\/span> register now<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a> professor murphy opens up his 19th-century european architecture course to a small group of visitors who\u2019ll observe a lecture and discussion of some principal monuments of the time. his students will apply what they\u2019ve learned in a final project in which they analyze an historical neighborhood in nashville. how does he prepare them for this application, and what will those projects look like? welcome kevin to vanderbilt by visiting his course with the cft.<\/p>\n date: thursday, march 20th<\/span> faculty of any rank<\/strong><\/span> register now<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n to register for these visits:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n the cft thanks the following faculty members for volunteering their time and opening their classrooms to the participants of the certificate in college teaching.<\/p>\n <\/a>assistant professor o electrical engineering & computer science this course examines am and fm modulation. advanced topics in signal processing will also be treated.<\/p>\n \n \n date: tuesday, january 28th this teaching visit is open only to participants of the certificate in college teaching program<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a>assistant professor of communication studies to function properly, democracies require an engaged citizenry. but for citizens to engage their communities, societies, and governments, they need to understand how language, symbols, ideas, and appeals shape perceptions, facilitate judgments, and encourage action. as a result, this course is designed to help you understand the intersection of rhetoric and civic life. throughout the semester we will study the dimensions of civic engagement from a rhetorical perspective. in the end, i hope you\u2019ll appreciate the problems and possibilities of democratic citizenship, and i hope you\u2019ll be prepared to engage civil society on your own terms. given these objectives, you\u2019ll find this course to be reading and writing intensive. moreover, you\u2019ll probably be required to think, write, and speak in ways that are unfamiliar or uncomfortable. but that\u2019s all part of becoming an educated, articulate, engaged citizen. i\u2019ll spend the first half lecturing (or something close to lecturing), which is accompanied by ppt slides and any audio or video that seems pertinent. then we\u2019ll spend the second half of the class analyzing a text together. on the day the cft visitors come, we\u2019ll be talking about john brown\u2019s address to the court on november 2, 1859 (shortly before his execution).<\/p>\n date: thursday, january 30th this teaching visit is open only to participants of the certificate in college teaching program<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \n <\/a>assistant professor of jewish studies & law<\/strong> <\/p>\n phillip i. ackerman-lieberman is assistant professor of jewish studies and law, assistant professor of religion, and affiliated assistant professor of islamic studies and history. his research focuses on the economic, social, and legal history of the jewish community in the lands of islam in the medieval period. this course is an introduction to judaism and jewish history through philosophical, political, social, and artistic perspectives; biblical studies; antiquity and the medieval world; modern and contemporary experience; and culture, philosophy, and literature.<\/p>\n date: thursday, february 6th this teaching visit is open only to participants of the certificate in college teaching program<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a>assistant professor of human & organizational development<\/strong><\/p>\n kimberly bess, assistant professor of human and organizational development, is the recipient of a 2012 harold love outstanding community involvement award. her primary focus is community, organizational, and social psychology and organizational development. hod-1200: understanding organizations is an introduction to theory and research on human behavior in organizations. aimed at providing a framework for understanding the dynamics of organizations around the basic issues that confront all organizations (e.g., goal setting, work performance, leadership, decision making, managing change).<\/p>\n date: tuesday, february 11th this teaching visit is open only to participants of the certificate in college teaching program<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a>associate professor of the practice of mechanical engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n joel barnett loves to help his students learn to think like engineers. his classes always include projects that ask the students to generate a product that responds to a client\u2019s needs\u2014whether that client is a fictional roman emperor requesting a new catapult design or a nashville company requesting an improved manufacturing process. this semester, joel is teaching me 243, in which senior mechanical engineering majors complete design projects for various companies. this visit will provide an opportunity to see how joel interacts with students as they present their progress and to discuss how he integrates mentoring approaches into a credit-bearing class.<\/p>\n date: tuesday, march 11th this teaching visit is open only to participants of the certificate in college teaching program<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \nwe offer two types of teaching visits:<\/h3>\n
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katherine l. friedman<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nbsci 210: principles of genetics<\/h4>\n
\n class time: 8:10-10:30am<\/span>
\n location: mrbiii 1220<\/span>
\n facilitator: cynthia brame<\/span>
\n discussion location: mrb iii 2210 (mosig conference room)<\/span><\/p>\nedward k. cheng<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nlaw 735: evidence<\/h4>\n
\n class time: 10:50am-1:00pm<\/span>
\n location: moore room (law school)<\/span>
\n facilitator: derek bruff<\/span>
\n discussion location: <\/span>moore room (law school)<\/span><\/p>\nwilliam collins<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\necon 266: topics in the economic history of the us<\/h4>\n
\n class time: 9:35-11:50am<\/span>
\n location: buttrick hall, rm 102<\/span>
\n facilitator: rhett mcdaniel<\/span>
\n discussion location: buttrick hall, rm 212
\n<\/span><\/p>\nkevin d. murphy<\/h2>\n
\nandrew w. mellon chair in the humanities and<\/span>
\nprofessor and chair of history of art <\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nhart 229: 19th century architecture: theory & practice<\/h4>\n
\n class time: 11:00am<\/span>-1:30pm
\n location: cohen 203<\/span>
\n facilitator: nancy chick<\/span>
\n discussion location: tba<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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\nteaching visits for cict participants<\/span><\/h1>\n
bennett landman<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\neece 252: signal processing & communication<\/h4>\n
\nclass time: 2:35-4:50pm
\nlocation: feathering hall, rm 211
\nfacilitator: cynthia brame
\ndiscussion location: feathering hall, rm 239<\/p>\npaul stob<\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\ncmst 210: rhetoric and civic life<\/h4>\n
\nclass time: 11:00am-1:15pm
\nlocation: 1801 edgehill ave (above the curb center) rm 225f
\nfacilitator: nancy chick
\ndiscussion location: 1801 edgehill ave (above the curb center) rm 225f<\/p>\nphillip l. ackerman-lieberman<\/h2>\n
js180w: introduction to jewish studies<\/h4>\n
\nclass time: 9:35-11:50am
\nlocation: furman hall, rm 311
\nfacilitator: nancy chick
\ndiscussion location: jewish studies library (off buttrick hall 140)<\/p>\nkimberly bess<\/h2>\n
hod 1200: understanding organizations<\/h4>\n
\nclass time: 11:00am-1:15pm
\nlocation: wyatt center 201
\nfacilitator: derek bruff
\ndiscussion location: tba<\/p>\nrobert joel barnett<\/h2>\n
me 243: design projects<\/h4>\n
\nclass time: 2:35-4:50pm
\nlocation: feathering hall, rm 134
\nfacilitator: cynthia brame
\ndiscussion location: tba<\/p>\nclaudia rei<\/h2>\n