Dissonant Methods

Reviews / Votes

"[The editors] frame this anthology with relevant questions about the time we're in: How do we teach, and think about teaching, when in certain quarters post-secondary education is understood as a consumer item? [The] anthology emerges at an important time as we in Alberta grapple with COVID-19, severe budget cuts from the provincial government and the need for clear critical thinking." Joe Kadi, Alberta Views, September 2021 "Readers of this collection will find that it lives up to its title: it 'undoes discipline' through the readership it invites. I am a scholar of literature, but I felt as energized and provoked by the contributions on teaching philosophy, music, creative writing, and martial arts as I did by those on teaching literature. The book's focus on the methods of teaching make it widely and, most crucial, practically applicable across disciplines. I suspect this collection will be of interest to a variety of educators.... Those who work administratively in teaching and learning centres or as curriculum/course developers would also find much use in this book's practical insights." Jessica McDonald, Engaged Scholar Journal, Fall 2020 "[T]he essays in this collection successfully challenge its readers to analyze their own teaching styles and engage in conversations around bettering education through discussions that produce dissonance. . . . After reading Dissonant Methods: Undoing Discipline in the Humanities Classroom, I have learnt valuable information that will make me a better educator." Madison W. Moore, Canadian Journal of Education/Revue canadienne de l'education, 2022