by Sarohini Chahal | Aug 1, 2016
Frontiers of Science is a one-semester course in Columbia’s Core Curriculum that challenges students to reflect on questions of science as they relate to the world around them. Students typically take the course in one of the two semesters of their first year. The...
by Columbia CTL | Nov 30, 2015
The Center for Teaching and Learning interviewed Angelina Craig-Flórez, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures, about her course, Spain in its Art, which covers the history of Spain and Spanish art from the Middle Ages to the...
by Columbia CTL | Nov 24, 2015
With his submission for the Academic Year Teaching Scholars program, Ariel Stilerman had an ambitious goal in mind: first, to introduce his students to the Japanese tea ceremony and, subsequently, to teach them to bring aesthetic, historical, anthropological, and...
by Columbia CTL | Oct 20, 2015
For Tim Shenk, a Ph.D. student in the Department of History, serving as a teaching assistant for the Massive Open Online Course series on the American Civil War and Reconstruction led by the distinguished historian Eric Foner was not just an opportunity to participate...
by Paul Stengel | Sep 28, 2015
Research in Mandarin Chinese phonology and pronunciation shows that adult learners of Chinese have the greatest difficulty with using four tones to differentiate otherwise homophonous syllables. The traditional pedagogical intervention (i.e. error correction) has been...
by Peter B. Kaufman | Sep 22, 2015
Romare Bearden is widely recognized as one of the most original and significant artists of the 20th century. Bearden (1911-1988) moved to New York City from Charlotte, North Carolina, and—notwithstanding occasional sojourns to Europe and the Caribbean—remained here...
