Video: "The Work of Teaching and the Challenge for Teacher Education"
Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Dean of the School of Education and William H. Payne Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan, spoke at Vanderbilt's Peabody College of Education and Human Development Sept. 11. Her presentation focused on the need for more practical classroom experience in the curriculum of collegiate education programs across the country. Ball cited medical training programs for doctors and nurses as examples of what teacher education should emulate.
Ball's research focuses on mathematics instruction, and on interventions designed to improve its quality and effectiveness. She is also an expert on teacher education, with a particular interest in how professional training and experience combine to equip teachers with the skills and knowledge needed for effective practice.
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Video: VUCast: Order in the Court!
Order in the court! Two experts talk about Obama’s Supreme Court pick & which Vandy grad is trying to be a Food Network star! (5:04)
Video: Blair String Quartet
Watch video of the Blair String Quartet performing Beethoven's Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132.
Video: What Comes Next: Understanding Legislative Options for Health Reform
Watch video of a June 2 panel discussion of local health care experts discussing current Congressional action on health care reform.
Video: VUCast Commencement 2009: Watch the 40-year journey of one graduate
VUCast Extra: Commencement 2009: From tragedy to triumph, meet one graduate who took 40 years to reach Commencement 2009.
Video: "Promise of Nanotechnology: Unique new properties that can be tailored and controlled to solve challenges in our world"
Watch a talk by Sandra Rosenthal, professor of chemistry.
Video: "Cornpone and the Cold War: Reassessing the Musical Li'l Abner"
Watch a talk by Jim Lovensheimer, Assistant Professor of Music History and Literature, Blair School of Music.
Video: "Complicated Interdependencies: Water, Energy, and Food"
Watch video of a talk by engineering professor George M. Hornberge.
Video: "Historic Uncertainties and new Opportunities in Funding American Higher Education"
Watch “Historic Uncertainties and new Opportunities in Funding American Higher Education,” a talk by Michael K. McLendon, Associate Dean and Chief of Staff and Associate Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University.
Video: VUCast Extra: Senior Day
VUCast Extra: Pulitzer prize winning author and Senior Day speaker Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. (2:50)
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