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Ungrading with Dr. Susan Blum
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Josh Luckens interviews Dr. Susan Blum, who shares how she uses “ungrading” principles and practices to reinvigorate her role as a college professor and empower her students to be lifelong learners.
Dr. Blum is a professor of anthropology at The University of Notre Dame and the author of nine books, including her 2016 publication "I Love Learning; I Hate School: An Anthropology of College,” and her 2020 instant classic “Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead),” which she both edited and contributed to alongside higher education experts from across the world.
Ungrading is a process of pedagogical inquiry that calls conventional assessment practices into question and continually searches for instructional strategies that work better to promote deep engagement and lasting learning.
Dr. Blum shares a constellation of teaching practices applicable to a variety of disciplines that de-center grading and re-center genuine feedback and student growth.
In her words: “Students in my classes have shifted their focus from getting good grades to meaningful and authentic learning.”
Additional resources:
TLC blog post: Asking the Big Questions in Learning Design
Syllabus example that employs grading while integrating ungrading principles (from Professor Mark Sample of Davidson University)
(August, 2022)
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