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Using Humor to Maximize Learning

The Links between Positive Emotions and Education

Mary Kay Morrison (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

214 Seiten

2007
Rowman & Littlefield Education (Verlag)
978-1-57886-731-8 (ISBN)

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What is humor exactly? How do you use it to maximize learning? If it is so important, why is it rarely mentioned in teacher preparation without some clues for finding and using it? The purpose of this book is to affirm, sustain, and encourage educators in the practice of humor not only as a personal tool to optimize a healthy lifestyle, but to maximize the benefits of humor in education. These benefits include current research-based data on the use of humor to nurture creativity, to increase the capacity for memory retention, to support an optimal learning environment and to build safe communities that reflect the relational trust necessary for collaborative learning. An environment of fun is an indicator of a culture of trust. Each chapter of this book includes a study group format and powerful practice ideas for leaders. These tools can facilitate creative data analysis for educational leaders interested in understanding the relatively new field of positive psychology and how it can contribute to a joyful learning environment that promotes collaborative relationships.

As founder and director of Humor Quest, Mary Kay Morrison is dedicated to the mission of exploring the links between cognitive research and humor. Her career has included teaching K-12 as well as at university and community college levels, facilitation of humor workshops and leadership academies, and presentations at state, national and international conferences.

Chapter 1 Humor: The Tonic for Tired Educators Chapter 2 Developing Your Humor Being; A Nut Is Born Chapter 3 Mouse Droppings: Examining Brain Research and Humor Chapter 4 Hurtful Humor: No Laughing Matter Chapter 5 The Humor Workout, Pumping Up With Practice Chapter 6 It's a Circus Out There! Chapter 7 Survival Humor for Stressed Leaders

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.12.2007
Verlagsort	Lanham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 236 mm
Gewicht	463 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-57886-731-2 / 1578867312
ISBN-13	978-1-57886-731-8 / 9781578867318
Zustand	Neuware