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Adventures in Universal Design: A Farewell to In-Class Tests

May 24, 2016February 7, 2019

I have decided to stop giving in-class tests under any circumstances. Here’s my essay, from the Chronicle: I’ve been inching away from the blue book for years, but it’s time to go cold turkey and match my praxis to my principles. Whatever pedagogical gains the in-class test might bring — and I’ll argue they are … Continue ReadingAdventures in Universal Design: A Farewell to In-Class Tests

Work is Work!

May 22, 2014February 7, 2019

On International May Day I wrote a little hymn. I wrote: Teaching is work. Programming is work. Scholarship is work. Science is work. Grading is work. Committee service is work. Today Chronicle Vitae published a column on academic work as labor, as work. It’s a linked column to this first piece on the language of adjunct … Continue ReadingWork is Work!