Excellent story from the Globe and Mail about a university professor who doesn’t believe in grades:<\/p>\n
On the first day of his fourth-year physics class, University of Ottawa professor Denis Rancourt announced to his students that he had already decided their marks: Everybody was getting an A+.
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\nIn December, the senior physicist was suspended from teaching, locked out of his laboratory and told that the university administration was recommending his dismissal and banning him from campus.
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\nBut the professor is undeterred about those A-pluses: \u201cGrades poison the educational environment,\u201d he insists. \u201cWe’re training students to be obedient, and to try to read our minds, rather than being a catalyst for learning.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nglobeandmail.com: Professor makes his mark, but it costs him his job<\/a><\/p>\n
(Thanks, Tuur!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Excellent story from the Globe and Mail about a university professor who doesn’t believe in grades: On the first day of his fourth-year physics class, University of Ottawa professor Denis Rancourt announced to his students that he had already decided their marks: Everybody was getting an A+. … In December, the senior physicist was suspended … Continue reading Professor: "Grades poison the educational environment"<\/span>