Capstone projects of the Peabody College Department of Teaching and Learning at Vanderbilt University.

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  • Unknown author (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2023-05)
    Dialogic teaching has been recognized as a positive and productive approach to classroom instruction, but broader uptake of dialogic practices has proven to be a challenging goal. After establishing the grounds for a ...
  • Zhang, Yumeng (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2023-03-30)
    This paper demonstrates how my two years of studying and teaching at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University have affected my perspective of a competent teacher. In this essay, I consider how my teaching philosophy is put ...
  • Unknown author (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022-10-01)
    This paper includes my teaching philosophy and the understanding of TESOL domains to analyze artifacts that were completed in the ELL program. In this paper, I first state my background and the three main beliefs that guide ...
  • Liu, Hsintzu (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022-11-28)
    This teacher’s portfolio reflects my professional knowledge developed and the works I have done during my time at Vanderbilt University. The paper begins with my philosophy of teaching, which addresses my vision of quality ...
  • Zhdanova, Anastasia (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022)
    This Teaching Portfolio reflects my understanding of effective English language instruction based on my learning and practical experience at Peabody College of Education and Human Development. Firstly, I present my Teaching ...
  • Nichols, Haley (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022-01-01)
    This Teaching Portfolio represents the cumulation of knowledge I have gained over the course of the English Language Learners M.Ed program as I prepare to teach English internationally. Over the course of the program, I ...
  • Guo, Zijin (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022-03)
    This paper reflects my application of my philosophy of teaching. In the first part, I articulate my philosophy of teaching which works as a theoretical framework. In the second part, I analyze a series of practices from ...
  • Khan, Mariha (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022-04-20)
    This ELL Capstone Portfolio is the culmination of the teaching theories and practices I have come across and subscribed to during my time as a graduate student at the Peabody College of Education. It presents my teaching ...
  • Gao, Yuwen (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022-04-20)
    This capstone paper demonstrates how my past learning and teaching experiences gained by completing the two-year English Language Learners program at Peabody College reshape my thinking about Teaching English to Speakers ...
  • Jia, Wenyun (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022-04-20)
    This paper reflects my view of education and English teaching shaped through the English Language Learners Master’s program at Vanderbilt University. I begin with my teaching philosophy, which demonstrates what is important ...
  • Ye, Angela (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022)
  • Unknown author (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022-03)
  • Pan, Huichao (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022)
    This paper is a review of two years of graduate studies at Vanderbilt University, which includes three parts: Teaching Philosophy, Artifact Analysis, and Application to Practice. In the teaching philosophy, I describe my ...
  • Li, Jinge (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2022-03-01)
    This literature review included 33 studies published in the past ten years focusing on language transfer of Chinese K-12 and college students who studied English. It intended to determine the factors that influence transfer ...
  • Upchurch, Jodie (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-11-19)
    The following ELL Capstone Portfolio contains a synthesis and analysis of the works accumulated during my professional participation as a candidate in the Master’s degree of Education (M.Ed.) English Language Learners (ELL) ...
  • Li, Guozhen (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021)
    With the effect of globalization, English as lingua franca has been treated significantly important all over the world. Since 1982, Chinese students need to study English as their compulsory subject in school. Moreover, ...
  • Wang, Jiayi (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021)
    With the development of modern technology and renewal of teaching approaches, although integrating multimodal resources into reading instruction has already occupied an important position, this present review is putting a ...
  • Na, Zhao (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021)
    Extensive reading (ER), as an effective component in ESL curriculum, is moving towards a multimodal based direction. Based on the studies of ER from 1974 to 2019, this literature review aims to investigate how multimodal ...
  • Luo, Shenglan (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021)
    This paper aims to explore current problems English language learners face in using hedging devices while conducting English academic writing. Through a systematic review of research works with a special focus on the use ...

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