Product reviews for Independent Thinking on Laughter

This book takes you on a short but enlightening journey concerning the importance of humour in life in general and in education in particular. It also looks at humour as a tool to engage and motivate all learners. The book falls into two parts. The first part looks at the world of humour and comedy - exploring sense of humour, playfulness, elements of science and humour, humour tricks, secrets of stand-up, and finally the importance of humour in improvisation and teaching. The second part of the book looks at improving learning and making everything better through building up rapport, spontaneity, triggering creativity, being silly and messing about. My favourite sections are those on humour activities, improvisation games and how to make students think, wonder, laugh and learn. The author finishes the book with some tips, food for thought and ideas for further development. Great fun.