Using Humor to Maximize Learning: The Links between Positive Emotions and Education

About this book

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 researchbased 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.