Laugh and learn : 95 ways to use humour for more effective teaching and training

I wish I could just put this volume under my pillow and absorb its wisdom. It is a great resource for ideas about making education effortless and fun (at least for those on the receiving end if the teachers can put it into practice). Anyone involved in teaching or training should at least read it, but preferably master the approach. Pt. I. The What And Why. Ch. 1. You've Got To Start Here: What Is Humor, Anyway? Ch. 2. Come To Think Of It, What Is Brain-compatible Learning? Ch. 3. Okay, So Why Use Humor To Deliver Brain-compatible Learning? -- Pt. Ii. The How. Ch. 4. It's Easy -- And You Can Make It Easier! Five Rules For Using Humor Naturally, Successfully, And Without Fear. Ch. 5. Deposing The Brain's Great Oppressors: Threat And High Stress. Ch. 6. Drawing People Together To Enlist The Social Brain Ch. 7. Relevancy And Visual Memory -- Two Powerful Mnemonics. Ch. 8. Engaging Emotion. Ch. 9. I Need My Space! -- Giving The Brain Regular Breathers For Enhanced Learning -- Pt. Iii. The Who, Me? Ch. 10. Laugh In The Face Of Fear! Doni Tamblyn. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [231]-233) And Index. A stand-up comic used her day job teaching traffic school to launch a training career. The results are nothing to laugh at! A WEALTHY businessman was vacationing on the Riviera, when one day he got a call from home.