TY - BOOK ID - 127269553 TI - The art of teaching with humor : crafting laughter PY - 2021 SN - 143318656X 9781433186561 1433186578 9781433186578 PB - New York, NY: Peter Lang, DB - UniCat KW - Teaching KW - Teaching KW - Wit and humor in education KW - Classroom environment UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:127269553 AB - "Why a book on humor for teachers?" After dodgy decades of teaching in high schools infamous for gang entanglements, students behaving badly and apathetic administrators, followed by time in a middle school art room dubbed the "snake pit," I cheerfully accepted an adjunct position at a nearby university and enrolled in a doctoral program. My heart goes out to teachers of all ages who sit in my humor sessions sharing stories that would make your heart pound. Inevitably, a teacher would ask, "Where can I get your book?" The pages of this book come from times with my students when something funny made learning happen. There were plenty of days when I felt like running into the woods screaming, but the best days were filled with tinkling moments enrobed in rollicking laughter, days I would happily relive again. Humor has both saved and served me as a teaching resource, a way to live connected to students, and a soft place to land when the burden of teaching knocks me over with the weight of it. This book is for teachers everywhere who share my need to laugh in order to thrive and survive. It is filled with amusing scenarios and specific humor tools any teacher can use to boost student creativity, attention, engagement, and performance. It is also a guide for teacher educators, administrators and professional development staff to consider, as it explains how synthesizing joyful humor with instructional content and delivery safeguards teachers' emotional wellbeing, and classroom performance. (249 w)"-- ER -