Ungrading isn't just a shift in pedagogical practice, it's about bringing a different mindset and set of values to the activity of learning values which are by no means new. Vital perspective here from @Jessifer jessestommel.com/ungrading-an-i…
Seeing work like @Jessifer's here makes me so hopeful that we can make progress in these areas. The vision and promise is so clear and when enacted, it's transformative. There's no going back to the old mindset because it just seems lacking, un-vital.
I can testify that adopting the mindset that underpins ungrading transformed my work and the work of my students and the removal of traditional grading came last in the process!
What @Jessifer articulates here just resonates so strongly with me because it was a journey to un-do the folklore and mindset that I'd been inculcated into. It never sat well, but it took years to recognize you could do something different. I was slow.
If you're an instructor, and you just feel that what you're doing is at odds with your goals and values as a teacher, consider making this shift in mindset. It's truly transformative. jessestommel.com/ungrading-an-i…
At the same time, we need to work to unmake the structures that stand-in the way of the pedagogical values that underpin an ungrading mindset. I did some musing on this in the context of the disappearing SAT. insidehighered.com/blogs/just-vis…
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