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Upcoming Events

  • Democracy and Moral Conviction
    Public Lecture Series

    Free and open to the public

    February 26     
    Steven Macedo (Princeton)
    “Democracy and Moral Governance”

    March 19         
    Michael Perry (Emory Law)
    “Is Religion a Constitutionally Legitimate Basis of Lawmaking in the United States?”

    April 9             
    Seyla Benhabib (Yale)
    TBA

    April 16           
    Roger Scruton (Princeton)
    “Freedom of Religion”

    All lectures will be held from Noon to 1:30p.m. in the Renaissance Room of Vanderbilt Law School

    For more information, contact Dr. Robert Talisse (615) 343 8671

    Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Center for Ethics and the Vanderbilt Law School

  • 2/21/07 4:10pm - 5:30pm, Calhoun 117
    From Grade-Grubbing to Learning: Shifting Student Expectations about Tests, Grades, and Learning (Center for Teaching) Facilitators: Derek Bruff, Assistant Director, CFT; Laura Taylor, Graduate Teaching Fellow, CFT
    Panelists: *John Stuhr*, Professor of Philosophy and American Studies; *Diana Weymark*, Assistant Professor of Economics; *Katherine Friedman*, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

    Students are sometimes so focused on their grades that they lose sight of the learning goals their instructors have for them. This clash between grades and learning often flares up around tests and other major graded assignments, making those assignments more stressful than they need to be. It can also result "grade-grubbing"­begging for extra points on major assignments. How can we help students shift their motivation from their grades to their own learning? How can we help them understand our expectations for their learning­that we are asking more of them than just memorization and regurgitation­and help them study appropriately? Join us for this session, in which a panel of faculty members will share methods they have used to answer these questions.

  • 2nd Annual Conference on Politics, Criticism, and the Arts, April 13-15, 2007

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