Grading Justice : Teacher-Activist Approaches to Assessment.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blinne, Kristen C.

Brenneise, Allison D.

Congdon, Mark, Jr.

Cunningham, Summer.

Deifell, David

Hernandez, Leandra.

Kahl, David H., Jr., 1980-

Martin, Londie T.

McIntyre, Kristen

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Critical communication pedagogy

Critical Communication Pedagogy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational evaluation.

Examinations.

Social justice and education.

Physical Description:

xiv, 363 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2021.

Summary:

In Grading Justice, new and seasoned teachers are invited to explore socially-just approaches of assessment, including practices aimed at resisting and undoing grading and assessment altogether, to create more democratic grading policies and practices, foregrounding the transformative potential of communication within college courses.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Rhetoric of Grades: Evaluating Student Work and Its Consequences / David Deifell

2. Mobilizing a Critical Universal Design for Learning Framework for Justice Minded Course Design and Assessment / Mark Congdon Jr.

3. Honoring Vivencias: Vivencias: A Borderlands Approach to Higher Education Pedagogy Justice / Sarah De Los Santos Upton

4. Walking the Tightrope: Navigating the Tensions of Teaching and Grading Communication Content Inside and Outside the Discipline / Juliane Mora

5. Student-Activist Mentor Letters as a Form of Social Movement-Building in Communication Activism Pedagogy / David L. Palmer

6. Love Letters Gone Wrong: Complicating the Romantic Ideal of Democratic Processes in the College Classroom / Kristen A. Mclntyre

7. Are We Just Grading or Grading Justly?: Adventures with Non-Traditional Assessment / Kristen C. Blinne

8. "Ungrading" Communication: Awareness Pedagogy as Activist Assessment / Kristen C. Blinne

9. Resisting the Detrimental Effects of Grade Inflation on University Faculty and Students through Critical Communication Pedagogy / David H. Kahl Jr.

10. Rate My Performance, or Just Sing Along: A Critical Look at Student Evaluations of Teaching / Summer R. Cunningham

11. The Seven Lesson Faculty Member: Outling Assessment's Harm to Faculty / C. Kyle Rudick.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1793609551

9781793609557

OCLC:

1151887443

Publisher Number:

99986459136