the purpose of the\u00a0certificate in college teaching<\/a><\/strong> is to assist graduate students and post doctoral fellows\u00a0who wish to gain a clearer, deeper, more active approach to teaching and learning in higher education. the certificate focuses on the research on how people learn and best teaching practices, and supports the university\u2019s pursuit of excellence in teaching and learning. the certificate is ideal for graduate students whose goals are to become more effective educators and who want to prepare for future careers in higher education teaching. the purpose of the\u00a0sotl scholars program<\/a><\/strong> is to help graduate students and post doctoral fellows\u00a0cultivate a scholarly, evidence-based approach to their students\u2019 learning and their own teaching.\u00a0 the scholarship of teaching and learning (sotl) is a way of treating teaching as a scholarly activity by posing questions about student learning and its relationship to the ways in which they are taught.\u00a0 sotl practitioners collect and analyze evidence of their students\u2019 learning to understand what happens in the classroom more fully and to facilitate learning more effectively.<\/p>\n program participants will explore how to adopt this perspective, beginning to bridge the gap between their research and their teaching identities by asking and answering meaningful questions about teaching and learning in ways that align with their disciplinary research practices.<\/p>\n the sotl scholars program<\/strong> is directed by cft assistant director\u00a0nancy chick<\/a>, who brings years of sotl experience and expertise, as well as publications and presentations in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary venues.<\/p>\n in addition to her own mentorship, she will draw on her sotl colleagues from the\u00a0international society for the scholarship of teaching and learning (issotl)<\/a> to provide mentorship and feedback to program participants.<\/p>\n![\"description:](\"http:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cft\/cft_newsletter\/2012\/august_2012_clip_image002.png\")
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\n<\/strong>purpose of the\u00a0certificate in college teaching<\/a><\/strong> is to assist graduate students who wish to gain a clearer, deeper, more active approach to teaching and learning in higher education. the certificate focuses on the research on how people learn and best teaching practices, and supports the university\u2019s pursuit of excellence in teaching and learning. the certificate is ideal for graduate students whose goals are to become more effective educators and who want to prepare for future careers in higher education teaching.
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\n<\/strong>to receive a certificate, participants complete the following:<\/p>\n\n
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