Watch video: Session offered at the CEC Division of Early Childhood conference 2020 (but in 2021!) Jen NewtonJen Newton, PhD is an assistant professor in early childhood/early childhood special education (isn’t that a lot of words for what should be one field??). I talk a lot and have strong opinions – or so I am told. …
Ungrading: The ambitious preparation of preservice inclusive educators Read More »
Each course taken for credit requires a grade. That’s the system we work in. There is very little direction, in higher ed at least, about how to come to the determination of a grade but a final grade is always required. And grades matter a lot. So much that suicide attempts and completions surge during …
Learning tends to stop when grades are assigned. Part of learning how to navigate school effectively is to master the art of learning what will be on the test or what the teacher wants from you and then clearing that brain space for the next assessment. I’ve always been pretty good at that and it’s …
I’m not even sure that title is appropriate. I never actually learned to grade. Assess, yes. I have been taught pretty extensively on assessment in both my masters and doctoral programs but not any formal training or reading or support in learning how to grade. But, I know how I have been graded. I have …
Are you preparing the next generation of early childhood educators and leaders? How long has it been since you critically examined your syllabi and teaching practices? Did you know you may be widening the research to practice gap by making higher education – a place of evidence-based professional development – a hostile and unwelcoming environment? …
