Two additional questions (though I also really would like to know whether Katrina's speculation is correct):
- When you gave out the group mark to the members of the commune, did you also tell them how much they gave to / received from the other members (and if so, what was their reaction)?
- Had you primed them for this exercise by introducing them to basic game theory concepts like Tragedy of the Commons and Deceipt Infiltration into Trust-based Societies?
All in all a brilliant reality-based concrete pedagogy. It should be made a standard option for all courses, with the individual/communal choice indicated on the transcript.
I appreciate this straightforward way to ask students to align stated values with practice. Many have less experience doing this (delayed adulthood) and are in environments that mute making cost-benefit decisions (as Kimberlee Josephson noted in a Wall Street Journal op-ed about how colleges lack price signals). Grade inflation also diminishes interest in making difficult choices. Finally, in national surveys I conduct with YouGov, I find that 28% of Gen Z and 15% of older Millennials say they have publicly advocated for beliefs they would not want to apply in their own family or life, and 60% of Gen Z and 41% of older Millennials say they believe that their peers express risky or unconventional social views just to get attention. These generations certainly didn't invent strategic self-presentation, but it is surprising to me that around half may assume others aren't who they say they are.
I would have been interested to know if the students who wanted to join the grading commune tended to be those doing badly in the class….
Two additional questions (though I also really would like to know whether Katrina's speculation is correct):
- When you gave out the group mark to the members of the commune, did you also tell them how much they gave to / received from the other members (and if so, what was their reaction)?
- Had you primed them for this exercise by introducing them to basic game theory concepts like Tragedy of the Commons and Deceipt Infiltration into Trust-based Societies?
All in all a brilliant reality-based concrete pedagogy. It should be made a standard option for all courses, with the individual/communal choice indicated on the transcript.
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I appreciate this straightforward way to ask students to align stated values with practice. Many have less experience doing this (delayed adulthood) and are in environments that mute making cost-benefit decisions (as Kimberlee Josephson noted in a Wall Street Journal op-ed about how colleges lack price signals). Grade inflation also diminishes interest in making difficult choices. Finally, in national surveys I conduct with YouGov, I find that 28% of Gen Z and 15% of older Millennials say they have publicly advocated for beliefs they would not want to apply in their own family or life, and 60% of Gen Z and 41% of older Millennials say they believe that their peers express risky or unconventional social views just to get attention. These generations certainly didn't invent strategic self-presentation, but it is surprising to me that around half may assume others aren't who they say they are.
https://www.unbekoming.com/p/the-human-instability-principle