As part of my dissertation, I am writing a paper that describes a qualitative study based on interviews with chemistry ungrading faculty. The qualitative study process, including its communication, has been more difficult than it should be and the problem seems to be me. Creswell and Poth (2024), in the 5th edition of Qualitative Inquiry … Continue reading Coming to terms with Qualitative Research through an ungrading lens
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A summary: The ungrading learning theory we have is not the ungrading learning theory we need
Well this summary is only about a year late. The struggle is real, y'all. ;o) This blog is summarizing this article: Sorensen-Unruh, C. (2024). The ungrading learning theory we have is not the ungrading learning theory we need. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 23(3), es6: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.24-01-0031 This article is open access so go download it asap for more information … Continue reading A summary: The ungrading learning theory we have is not the ungrading learning theory we need
Equity-Minded Pedagogy vs. Emancipatory Pedagogy
There are many current descriptors that are floating around SOTL, DBER, and STEM educational research spaces, each trying to accurately capture some difference in pedagogies: culturally related/responsive/sustaining pedagogy, open pedagogy, critical pedagogy, decolonized/decolonizing pedagogies, equity-minded pedagogies, equity-centered pedagogies...and that's just mentioning a few. I tend to group the first three pedagogies - culturally related/responsive/sustaining, open, … Continue reading Equity-Minded Pedagogy vs. Emancipatory Pedagogy
Belonging Part 4.0: Belonging and Emancipatory Pedagogies (Part 1)
Here's the part where we (I as the writer, you as the reader) try to integrate belonging and emancipatory pedagogies, like ungrading. Which I *think* is a bigger lift than I first thought it was. So, in the end, this is a two parter: this part talks about what emancipatory pedagogies are and the second … Continue reading Belonging Part 4.0: Belonging and Emancipatory Pedagogies (Part 1)
Belonging Part 3.5: Online vs. F2F (IRL) Belonging
I just realized that I never got to a couple of questions I said I'd answer in Part 2 of this series - How do we experience digital belonging vs. F2F (Face-to-face) or IRL (in real life) belonging? And how do we prioritize one over the other? And considering the Brené Brown podcast I heard … Continue reading Belonging Part 3.5: Online vs. F2F (IRL) Belonging
Belonging Part 3: Belonging, Not Belonging, and Grief
By Christy Albright and Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh This part is where we integrate belonging, not belonging, and belonging uncertainty with grief. We’re going to look at grief through very specific lenses - hope, efficacy, resiliency, and optimism - according to positive psychology, and specifically, psychological capital. First - A Quick Etymology Lesson Grief is a response … Continue reading Belonging Part 3: Belonging, Not Belonging, and Grief
Belonging Part 2: Belonging and Information Abundance
This part is about how we discuss and adopt belonging practices differently in the world we now live in with all of its varied inputs, communities, and decisions to be made. Learning in a time of abundance (the book) You know that feeling when all of your neurons seem to be firing at once? That's … Continue reading Belonging Part 2: Belonging and Information Abundance
Belonging Part 1.5: Cognitive Biases (The hidden threats to belonging)
This part of the blog series discusses cognitive biases - one of my favorite topics to discuss. And the topic of my favorite infographic on the web, which is here. A preview (this is the .png not the infographic) is here: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Cognitive_bias_codex_en.svg What are cognitive biases? Ok, before I endlessly wax rhapsodic about *how much* … Continue reading Belonging Part 1.5: Cognitive Biases (The hidden threats to belonging)
Belonging Part 1: What is it and Why should we care?
Here's part 1 of the series on belonging, which includes trying to define belonging and why it matters so much to us as humans. I didn't actually get to cognitive biases, but hey - what's another blog in the already 6-part series?!? Belonging – What at least some of the research says What we know: … Continue reading Belonging Part 1: What is it and Why should we care?
Belonging (A Series)
And here's where my current position (which requires research on belonging and possibly design of belonging initiatives) meets my research (hello ungrading, emancipatory pedagogies, ethics of care in design, etc.). I'm starting a series to communicate a little more broadly what I've learned about belonging for the last six months. And to "think out loud" … Continue reading Belonging (A Series)