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 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)