‘Guest Post’
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight: Lijun Song
May. 6, 2011—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, Lijun Song, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society talks about her teaching philosophy and interests. “Social interaction between teachers and students must be reciprocal and cooperative. A teacher should identify...
See What I Mean: Using Prezi in Mathematics
May. 3, 2011—This is a guest post by Hang Wang, a graduate student in mathematics. The post is part of our spring “See What I Mean” blog series highlighting the effective use of visuals in presentations and lectures. At a math conference in May 2010, I was impressed by a presentation in which the speaker, Scott Morrison...
From a Student’s View: Distributions of Grades
Apr. 14, 2011—This is a guest post by Travis Meyer, Vanderbilt Class of 2012 and biomedical engineering major. The post is part of our spring “From a Student’s View” blog series. We occasionally feature guest posts here on the blog as part of our efforts to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning among Vanderbilt faculty, students, and...
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight: Sean M. Polyn
Apr. 6, 2011—Each month, the CFT Blog highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, Sean Polyn, Assistant Professor of Psychology talks about his teaching philosophy and interests. My research focuses on how people remember things that happened to them recently. Since starting, I have taught Principles of Experimental Design twice. This is a...
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight: Haoxiang Luo
Mar. 24, 2011—Each month, the CFT Blog highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, Haoxiang Luo, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering talks about his teaching philosophy and interests. “I believe that theoretical concepts and applications should go hand in hand, particularly for engineering students.” Having taught for three years about fluid mechanics at...
From a Student’s View: Fair Attendence Policies
Mar. 21, 2011—This is a guest post by Erin Baldwin, Vanderbilt Class of 2014. The post is part of our spring “From a Student’s View” blog series. We occasionally feature guest posts here on the blog as part of our efforts to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning among Vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. We recognize that...
See What I Mean: Using Prezi for Non-Linear Presentations
Mar. 2, 2011—This is a guest post by Hillary Knudson, Vanderbilt Class of 2013 and political science major. The post is part of our spring “See What I Mean” blog series highlighting the effective use of visuals in presentations and lectures. I created my first PowerPoint presentation in 1999 for a research project on Ecuador. Since that...
From a Student’s View: Freedom and Structure within a Course
Feb. 21, 2011—This is a guest post by Mara Truslow, Vanderbilt Class of 2013 and Ingram Scholar. The post is part of our spring “From a Student’s View” blog series. We occasionally feature guest posts here on the blog as part of our efforts to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning among Vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff....
From a Student’s View: What Does an A Mean?
Feb. 14, 2011—This is a guest post by Xiaoyu Qi, Vanderbilt Class of 2012, the first in our spring “From a Student’s View” blog series. We occasionally feature guest posts here on the blog as part of our efforts to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning among Vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. We recognize that everyone’s teaching...
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight: Shaul Kelner
Feb. 4, 2011—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, Shaul Kelner, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Jewish Studies Vanderbilt University talks about his teaching philosophy and interests: In designing my curricula, I use broad orienting questions and overarching conceptual frameworks both as structuring principles that divide the units...