Dissonant Methods: Undoing Discipline in the Humanities Classroom

by Ada S. Jaarsma (-Editor), Kit Dobson (-Editor), Kathy Cawsey (-Contributor)

Dissonant Methods is an innovative collection that probes how, by approaching teaching creatively, postsecondary instructors can resist the constrictions of neoliberalism. Based on the foundations of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, whereby educators are asked to explore teaching as scholarship, these essays offer concrete and practical meditations on resistant and sustainable teaching. The contributors seek to undermine forms of oppression frequently found in higher education, and instead advance a vision of the university that upholds ideals such as critical thinking, creativity, and inclusivity. Essential reading for faculty and graduate students in the humanities, Dissonant Methods offers urgent, galvanizing ideas for anyone currently teaching in a college or university.

Contributors: Kathy Cawsey, Kit Dobson, Ada S. Jaarsma, Rachel Jones, Kyle Kinaschuk, Namrata Mitra, Guy Obrecht, Katja K. Pettinen, Kaitlin Rothberger, Ely Shipley, Martin Shuster

BOOK DETAILS
Publication date: June 2020
Features: Bibliography, index
Keywords: humanities, pedagogy, praxis, resistance, music appreciation, subjective experience, creative resources, non-linear teaching practices, student feedback, SoTL
Subject(s): EDUCATION / Higher, EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General, Higher Education / Pedagogy, humanities, pedagogy, praxis, resistance, music appreciation, subjective experience, creative resources, non-linear teaching practices, student feedback, SoTL, Education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Teaching skills & techniques
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press

176 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2020