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
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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 (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)