T5: Talking Through Teaching Tensions Together

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Teaching is hard work. As educators, we feel a tension between what we feel like we should be doing and what we are doing in the classroom. We interview professors from across academia to discuss how they navigate these challenges at the post-secondary level. Welcome to T5 - Talking Through Teaching Tensions Together.

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  1. EPISODE 1

    S4E1 - Buy in For Alternative Grading

    Guest: Robert Talbert | Professor | Department of Mathematics | Grand Valley State University Blog: Finding Common Ground with Grading Website: https://www.rtalbert.org/  For most of us, the grading policy in school was fairly typical: you earn points on assignments, and your course grade is a weighted average of those points. The team behind this podcast was actually born out of a shared interest in "Alternative Grading," which we can think of as anything outside of "weighted average of points." We have become convinced on the benefits of alternative grading, but we continue to struggle with how to cultivate buy in from students. We speak with a variety of individuals who have been experimenting with alternative grading in the classroom to learn how they communicate the idea to their students. As always, if you have ideas for topics you would like us to discuss, or if you would like to be a guest on T5, email us as t5podteam@gmail.com.

    31 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    S4E2 - Buy in For Alternative Grading

    Guest: June Pilcher | Professor | College of Behavioral, Social, and Health Science | Clemson University For most of us, the grading policy in school was fairly typical: you earn points on assignments, and your course grade is a weighted average of those points. The team behind this podcast was actually born out of a shared interest in "Alternative Grading," which we can think of as anything outside of "weighted average of points." We have become convinced on the benefits of alternative grading, but we continue to struggle with how to cultivate buy in from students. We speak with a variety of individuals who have been experimenting with alternative grading in the classroom to learn how they communicate the idea to their students. As always, if you have ideas for topics you would like us to discuss, or if you would like to be a guest on T5, email us as t5podteam@gmail.com.

    26 min
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Teaching is hard work. As educators, we feel a tension between what we feel like we should be doing and what we are doing in the classroom. We interview professors from across academia to discuss how they navigate these challenges at the post-secondary level. Welcome to T5 - Talking Through Teaching Tensions Together.

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