Laugh and learn : 95 ways to use humor for more effective teaching and training / Doni Tamblyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tamblyn, Doni.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wit and humor in business.

Employees--Training of.

Employees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 256 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : AMACOM, c2003.

Summary:

Humour can be a valuable resource in the learning environment. It is easy to bring creativity, entertainment, emotion and even some laughs to almost any educational setting. This text aims to help trainers loosen up and create memorable training programmes.

Contents:

Chapter 1. You've Got to Start Here:What Is Humor, Anyway?

chapter 2. Come to Think of It,What Is Brain-Compatible Learning?

chapter 3. Okay, So Why Use Humor to Deliver Brain-Compatible Learning?

chapter 4. It's Easy-And You Can Make It Easier!

chapter 5. Deposing the Brain's Great Oppressors

chapter 6. Drawing People Together to Enlist "the Social Brain"

chapter 7. Relevancy and Visual Memory

chapter 8. Engaging Em

chapter 9. "I Need My Space!"

chapter 10. Laugh in the Face of Fear!

chapter 11. I Can't Believe I'm Writing This Chapter

chapter 12. The best chapter in the book

Endnotes

Bibliography

Appendix

Index

About the author.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-234) and index.

ISBN:

0-8144-2681-6

OCLC:

52238588