Anarchy in the H.E.
Episode 4 UNGRADING: WHY RATING STUDENTS UNDERMINES LEARNING with Susan D Blum & Marcus Schultz-Bergin
02 Jul 2021
Susan and Marcus talk through the ideas and arguments from their recently published book "Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead)". This episode explores the idea that if we grade our students, which negatively affect their learning. 'Going gradeless' is a challenging, but ultimately rewarding task. The book is an excellent and very accessible resource - a must read for all anarchic educators!: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ungrading-Students-Undermines-Learning-Education/dp/1949199827 Marcus' choice of punk song in this episode is 'School Days' by female rockers The Runaways - listen to it here: https://youtu.be/HYxUAeEs8mE Susan's punk choice is Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick in the Wall', which shows the sausage machine metaphor of our conventional education system: https://youtu.be/HrxX9TBj2zY Susan D Blum is Professor of anthropology at Notre Dame University, Indiana. Her other books on higher education include 'My World! Plagiarism and College Culture' and 'I Love Learning; I Hate School' http://www.susanblum.com/ Marcus Schultz-Bergin teaches political philosophy at Cleveland State University and wrote the chapter 'Grade Anarchy in the Philosophy Classroom' in 'Ungrading' https://schultzbergin.xyz/about/ Please listen, enjoy, be motivated, be chaotic, and share!!
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