(Free) Humor In The Classroom Considerations And Strategies

Humor in the classroom is a twentieth century phenomenon.

Humor in the classroom considerations and strategies. You ll become more likable. In effective teaching strategies. Having students contribute jokes and look for jokes that may take some thinking to find the humor is a great way to build classroom culture and build the habit of finding humor. While the two of us are big fans of comedy and using humor in many walks of life we aren t terribly funny ourselves. Shared laughter is a powerful way to reinforce learning and it helps to make tasks less laborious and threatening. Only no hurt humor is acceptable. Humor in the classroom.

Here are a few reasons why you need to bring humor into your classroom. To entertain was not to educate. Some of that thinking still lingers today. You re funnier than you think. When children laugh together in group settings they build a sense of team comradery creating a strong bond with their classmates and teachers. 5 reasons to bring laughter into the classroom. Laughter brings joy and when students are smiling and laughing then they are engaged.

Even if you are what ed calls humor challenged there are things you can do to lighten the load and dissipate the clouds in your classroom. Researchers agree that children who laugh in the classroom develop strong communication and critical thinking skills become more creative and easily cope with stress. And personal humor growth and integration with instruction are discussed. If you struggle with getting and keeping your students attention then you need to add a little humor into your lessons. As soon as you do you ll instantly become more likeable. Engaging in spontaneous and planned humor. Just remember above all that sarcasm has no place in the school.

Using humor in the classroom. Writing about the history of humor in the classroom debra korobkin notes that before the 20 th century collectively teachers perceived instructing with a sense of humor as unprofessional uncontrolled and undignified p. Write an essay of 1 2 pages that describes the strategies of using humor jokes laughing at your own mistakes cartoons telling a funny story and letting your students lead the way. Humor in the classroom. 154 use humor and don t expect to be taken as a serious professional. Previously it was considered unscholarly to use humor as a teaching strategy or even to show a sense of humor as a personality trait. Traditional subject matter and lessons were supposed to keep students inter ested wandersee 1982.

November 13 2017 alissa klein and christian moriarty first we want everyone reading this to go ahead and lower their expectations.