Tag: pedagogy
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HASTAC Scholar Spotlight: Alexandra Thrall
Alexandra (Allie) Thrall is a doctoral student in Baylor University’s Department of Curriculum & Instruction. Allie’s research focuses on investigating the sociotechnical arrangements that could undermine or support justice-oriented teaching and learning. Formerly, Allie taught 4th-12th grades and served as a school administrator. Allie has an M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of […]
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HASTAC Scholar Spotlight: Hiranya Mukherjee
1) Why did you apply to HASTAC? As I was nearing the end of my Master’s program in English Literature, I was apprehensive about leaving the university circle and setting forth into the world outside academia. In the five consecutive years that comprised my Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in Literary Studies, I had grown accustomed […]
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CFP: Submissions for The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy special issue – Labor, Political Economy, and Activism
Themed Issue 24: Digital Humanities: Labor, Political Economy, and Activism in the Age of Digital Mediation Issue Editors: Matthew N. Hannah, Purdue University Gabriel Hankins, Clemson University Anna Alexis Larsson, Indiana University The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) seeks scholarly work at the intersection of technology with teaching, learning, and research for a […]
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Review: The New College Classroom
This volume by Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis situates itself as a guidebook to rethinking and restructuring traditional teaching, and subsequently learning, practices for a modern, diverse, and equitable college classroom. The authors set out to provide practical answers to an essential question—namely, how can we “teach for every student—not only for the ones who most resemble us, their instructors” (xii).
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Chapter 12: What could possibly go wrong?
Review This chapter sees co-authors Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis of The New College Classroom offering tangible, adaptable approaches for classrooms of any level. The discussion is initially grounded in conversations that Davidson and Katopodis had held with other educators who seemed to encounter moments of “failure” that evidently threw progressive classroom teaching methods […]
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Chapter 9 Review: Research That Inspires Creativity
Research as a Creative, Knowledge-Seeking Pursuit In Chapter 9, titled “Research that Inspires Creativity,” authors Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis present their exhaustive, well-researched ideas, thoughts, and recommendations on research design and methodology. The authors articulate their arguments with remarkable clarity and depth. This chapter is primarily intended for research supervisors and instructors who […]
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Review of Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis’ Chapter 11 “Grades–Ugh!” from The New College Classroom
Pulling out a red pen, instructors take on the often-grueling task of designing assessment practices and grading their students. In Chapter 11, “Grades–Ugh,” Cathy Davidson and Christina Katopodis continue their engagement with participatory learning by challenging assumptions about the history of grading and share assessment approaches that embrace an ungrading pedagogy. The authors of The […]
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Join the JITP Collective! Apply by Nov 30th
Call for Participation The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy seeks new members to join our Editorial Collective. We invite applications from graduate students, scholars, and practitioners in all fields who critically and creatively engage with digital technology in their teaching, learning, and research. We will be appointing both graduate student members and non-student members (faculty, staff, practitioners). […]
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Chapter 5 Review : Design Pedagogies: “There’s Something Wrong with This System!”
The fifth chapter of Design Justice, titled Design Pedagogies: “There’s Something Wrong with This System!”, presents Dr. Sasha Costanza-Chock’s observations and perspectives at the intersection of education, pedagogy, and the design justice model. The chapter begins with Dr. Costanza-Chock referencing Black feminist scholar bell hooks’ quote from her seminal work Teaching to Transgress. hooks emphasizes […]