Toward Assessment Utopias w/Juuso Nieminen

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There will be failures. And then we just need to think about how we will orient ourselves to those failures. I see them as wonderful learning experiences I can have together with students.

Dr. Juuso Nieminen is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong and a Banting Fellow at Ontario Tech University, Canada. He studies the social, cultural, and political aspects of assessment. Why do we assess the way we do? Dr. Nieminen’s research focuses on the student perspective in assessment. He is particularly interested in how assessment shapes students’ identities in higher education and beyond. Dr Nieminen has also examined the matters of disability inclusion and accessibility in assessment.

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Lisa Wennerth

Lisa Wennerth graduated from Kenyon College with a BA in English and Colorado State University with an MA in English Education. She has been teaching English Language Arts for 15 years at Windsor High School in Northern Colorado. She currently teaches AP Language and Composition, Ninth Grade English, AP Research, and Creative Writing. She also facilitates an online course for educators on connecting students to poetry through podcasts. She loves teaching, she loves the endless possibilities of education, and she is especially motivated by the recent shifts in education that are much more learner-centered and progress-focused. When she is not teaching, she spends time running, biking, and hiking in the Rocky Mountains with her daughter, husband, and Great Pyrenees. 

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