I have often heard criticism of English literature criticism, mostly aimed at the notion that the critics are looking far too deeply into the use
Category: pedagogy watchdog
News – ironic censorship
In a world now dominated by entertainment, news companies must pursue any and every story to a sensationalist ending. What this inevitably means is that
When the exception becomes the rule
An increasing trend, it seems, is a phenomenon of the exception becoming the rule. This is when decisions that affect everyone in a specific context
Peer assessment and pragmatics
Previously, I have written about the ethics of using peer assessment in a summative form, asserting that there is an inherent unfairness in the pedagogy
A tale of 2 markers
Marking is hard, and ultimately subjective. Of course, it’s easy when the student is at either end of the quality spectrum, but the responses around
Is summative peer assessment ethical?
In a previous post, I talked about the advantages and disadvantages of peer assessment. In this post I want to broach the notion that using
