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Davidson Does Grading, Ctd.

By K.C. Johnson

At the beginning of the 2009-2010 academic year, I noted the pedagogical . . . innovations . . . of Group of 88 member Cathy Davidson. Suffering from the travails of a tenured Duke professor??I loved returning to teaching last year after several years in administration . . . except for the grading??Davidson developed a scheme to collect her paycheck without doing the work normally expected of a college professor. Students in her classes would ?pass judgment? on the work of their peers (the system worked ?brilliantly,? she humbly noted), and students would ?lead? the class discussion as well. The professor?s job, it seems, is limited to making sure no one?s feelings get hurt.Other than the obvious (laziness), what was the rationale for Davidson?s scheme? A supporter of the effort, NYU professor Lisa Duggan, explained...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).