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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Main Author: Morrison, Mary Kay, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2008.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
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)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197).
ISBN:9781610484626
1610484622

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