Winter 2025 Book Club: Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning

Join Educational Developers from the Office of Teaching and Learning for a Book Club discussing Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (Blum, 2020). The moment is right for critical reflection on what has been assumed to be a core part of schooling. In Ungrading, fifteen educators write about their diverse experiences going gradeless. Some contributors are new to the practice and some have been engaging in it for decades. Some are in humanities and social sciences, some in STEM fields. Some are in higher education, but some are the K–12 pioneers who led the way. Based on rigorous and replicated research, this is the first book to show why and how faculty who wish to focus on learning, rather than sorting or judging, might proceed. It includes honest reflection on what makes ungrading challenging, and testimonials about what makes it transformative 

During each meeting, book club members will take part in a facilitated discussion of one or two essays in the book and discuss their thoughts, questions or share experiences from their own classes. The book club is open to all University of Guelph faculty and instructors (including teaching assistants and sessionals).   

Register here for the Book Club