{"id":14956,"date":"2013-08-13t11:06:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-13t16:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=14956"},"modified":"2013-08-13t12:40:55","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13t17:40:55","slug":"from-the-director-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2013\/08\/from-the-director-2\/","title":{"rendered":"from the director: students as producers in 2013-14"},"content":{"rendered":"

by derek bruff, cft director<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>this summer i\u2019ve been reading college: what it was, is, and should be <\/em>by columbia university humanities professor andrew delbanco.\u00a0 the book is this year\u2019s commons reading<\/a>, and i hope it generates thoughtful conversations among the class of 2017 about the college experience they begin this fall.\u00a0 between delbanco\u2019s book and our chancellor\u2019s recent challenge<\/a> to consider the possibilities of residential education at a research university, i\u2019ve been thinking about the purpose of an education at a place like vanderbilt<\/strong>.\u00a0 our world faces significant challenges\u2014global warming, waning resources, public health concerns\u2014and we need bright, informed people equipped to help us address those challenges.\u00a0 a university is a place where this equipping can take place, where students are prepared to solve tough problems, create new knowledge, and build technologies and organizations that make a difference.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>in the coming year, the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 will share and explore ways that instructors can teach for this kind of learning as part of our \u201cstudents as producers\u201d theme year<\/strong>.\u00a0 students, particularly undergraduates, are often seen as \u201cconsumers\u201d of knowledge, memorizing information delivered to them by professors during class and then simply repeating it back on exams and essays.\u00a0 but we know that they can be \u201cproducers\u201d of knowledge, as well, capable of generating meaningful, creative work, even within the confines of a semester-long course.\u00a0 this theme points to ways students can become more active participants in their own learning and construct their own meaning and understanding within and across disciplines. \u00a0look for a number of events and resources from the cft this year exploring \u201cproduction\u201d activities that can be embedded in a variety of courses, such as writing projects, digital stories, design projects, service learning, and research endeavors.<\/p>\n

more immediately, we\u2019ll be welcoming to campus new faculty and teaching assistants<\/strong> and helping them think about ways to foster student learning in their classrooms.\u00a0 teaching assistant orientation<\/a> will be held on wednesday, august 14th, with teaching at vanderbilt<\/a>, our new faculty orientation, held the next day, august 15th.\u00a0 also, our online guide, getting started teaching at vanderbilt<\/a>, is packed with practical information and is available to instructors to both new and returning. we\u2019re also hosting three workshops for new and returning faculty early next week on leading discussions<\/a>, \u201cflipping\u201d the classroom<\/a>, and teaching with blogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

speaking of welcoming, i\u2019m happy to welcome to the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 our new program coordinator, tracy tveit<\/strong>.\u00a0 tracy comes to us from vanderbilt\u2019s department of cancer biology, where she was the graduate program education coordinator.\u00a0 at the cft, tracy will work with our senior staff to coordinate events and programs for graduate students and faculty, including 世界杯足球2022亚洲预选赛, workshops, and ongoing programs like our certificate in college teaching.\u00a0 we\u2019re very excited to have tracy on the team.<\/p>\n

here\u2019s to an exciting fall semester!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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