Humor in Education and Child Rearing
In the classroom, humor and play do the following things.
They Foster analytic, critical, and divergent thinking.
They catch and hold students’ attention.
They increases retention of learned material.
They relieve stress and build rapport between teachers and students.
They build team spirit among classmates and smooth potentially rough interactions.
They promote risk taking while getting shy and slow students involved in activities.
Interesting reading your presentation. The potential humor has in fostering positive student-teacher interactions is also widely undercommunicated.
I totally agree with you. Based on my little experience, humour and plays have many advantages on the learners. I used to integrate many activities involving humour, role plays, and simulations to teach speaking skills. The students' performance improved significantly, However, I faced some problems (disadvantages) especially with large classrooms. The smaller the size is, the better for the learners. It is hard sometimes to control the students and manage their excitement. Another problem is time management. Sometimes, they take a long time performing, obliging me to add extra sessions.
But, they remain very effective techniques to teach and develop good teacher-learner relationship.
All the best,
Ahlem: I totally agree. Role playing (including humor) is a very useful tool, but is effective only in small classes.
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