The Little Book of Laughter
Using humour as a tool to enagage and motivate all learners
Published on 29. November 2012
128 pages
978-1-78135-043-0 (ISBN)
Description
There are physical, social and mental benefits that humour can bring to the learning environment - benefits such as creating openness, bravery, teamwork, imagination and creativity and, most of all, improving relationships between students and teachers. This book includes a brief history of laughter, gives you the rules of Funny and explains why having a laugh should be in your job description. Included are exercises to encourage laughter and techniques that will create an environment that is linked to encouraging and improving learning as well as a whole load of comical comments, quotes and, of course, gags.
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Dave Keeling | Ian Gilbert
The Little Book of Laughter
Using humour as a tool to engage and motivate all learners
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11/2013
1st Edition
Independent Thinking Press
€18.50
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Dave Keeling has been a professional actor for 10 years and a 'stand-up' educationalist for 8 years working the length and breadth of the country with teachers, pupils and parents. Stephanie Davies is recognised as one of the UK's leading voices in the psychology of laughter and humour. She has over ten years' experience of developing interventions that have been applied in a wide variety of settings dealing with complex public and mental health issues and building teams in high profile organisations.
Content
Contents: Acknowledgements Foreword Intro Section I: The World of Humour and Comedy 1 Funny Business is a Risky Business 2 What is a Sense of Humour and How to Define It 3 Humour, Curiosity and Playfulness - Being Seven All Over Again 4 The Sciencey Bit - It's Brain Jim, But Not As We Know It 5 Your Funny Bone is Connected to Your, Er 6 Only Joking 7 Please Be Seated for the Secrets of Stand-Up 8 Making It Up As You Go - Improvisation and Teaching Section II: Thirty Exercises to Build Rapport, Encourage Spontaneity, Get Their Creative Juices Flowing, Improve Learning and Make Everything Better ... 101 Gagging for More? ... 131 Outro ... 141 Bibliography ... 143 Index of exercises ... 145 List of lists ... 147
