6 Promoting Care in the Classroom: Alternatives to Penalties

Introduction

This session will deliver possibilities for alternatives to punitive measures in the classroom. Often, pedagogical practices used to motivate students, deter students from poor performance, or indeed chastise students for poor performance include instituting late penalties and deadlines. However, this session will invite participants to think about other ways to get students to think critically, learn, and importantly, too, feel cared for. These ways, it will be insisted, should not include punitive measures, namely late penalties.

Pre-Work

None

Session Recording

Further Reading and Resources

• Presentation Transcript: Promoting Care (Word document)
• Gonzalez, Jennifer. (2019, August 4). A Few Ideas for Dealing with Late Work. Cult of Pedagogy. https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/late-work/
• Hasinoff, A. A. (n.d.). Do Late Penalties Do More Harm Than Good? Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved May 3, 2023, from https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2022/03/02/why-instructors-should-drop-late-penalties-their-courses-opinion
• Improving Equity, Grade Challenges, and Late Work—Center for Teaching Excellence | University of South Carolina. (n.d.). Retrieved May 3, 2023, from https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/cte/teaching_resources/grading_assessment_toolbox/other_considerations/index.php
• Thomas, B. (2019, August 5). Rethinking Deadline and Late Penalty Policies…Again. Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-classroom-management/rethinking-deadline-and-late-penalty-policies-again/