Using humor to maximize learning : the links between positive emotions and education /

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 life style, but to maximize the benefits of humor in education. These benefits include current research-based data on the use of humor to nurture creativi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Morrison, Mary Kay, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2008.
Subjects:
Educational psychology.
Wit and humor in education.
School environment.
Psychology, Educational
Psychopédagogie.
Humour en éducation.
Milieu scolaire.
EDUCATION > Educational Psychology.
Educational psychology
School environment
Wit and humor in education
Humor
Lernmotivation
Unterricht
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 life style, 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197).
ISBN:9781610484626
1610484622

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