The move from high- to low-discretion not only standardizes education, but also standardizes achievement in education in a truly unfortunate way. Instructors in high-discretion fields should embrace that feature, exercising high discretion with respect to assignments, curriculum, and grading standards.
Category: Norton Shorts
History as Exploration: Guiding Students Beyond the Familiar
I realized that these students are interested in the world in all its multiplicity; they don’t know where to start. The history of exploration provides a path for them to engage with the world through a familiar lens without entirely leaving their comfort zone. So now I try to complicate and expand rather than to dismiss.
Disability Concerns for Our Collective Futures
Earlier this year, I was interviewed by a reporter about large language models (LLMs, like ChatGPT) and disability. I talked about the many concerns the disability community might have about LLMs not providing very good information, and about how biases against disabled people will be repeated and amplified in what LLMs spit out.
Exploring Wild Girls: A Q&A with Tiya Miles
The Norton Shorts team sat down with award-winning historian Tiya Miles to discuss her new book Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation. Tiya discusses the inspiration behind the project, what she hopes students will take away from the book, and more, below. How did your personal and academic journey …
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