For the purposes of this post, I define “cop shit” as “any pedagogical technique or technology that presumes an adversarial relationship between students and teachers.” Here are some examples:
-ed-tech that tracks our students’ every move
-plagiarism detection software
-militant tardy or absence policies, particularly ones that involve -embarassing our students, e.g. locking them out of the classroom after class has begun
-assignments that require copying out honor code statements
-“rigor,” “grit,” and “discipline”
-any interface with actual cops, such as reporting students’ immigration status to ICE and calling cops on students sitting in classrooms.
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
onto Higher Education Teaching and Learning |
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