What if you could be much funnier and more effective Mathematics teacher than you are today?
The Mathematics teaching world has been waiting for this book: Hundreds of insights and funny examples of how you can create humor, deliver humor and be a likable teacher (and get promoted faster!).
You need to engage your students. You need to know how to make 'em laugh.
Whether you’re a new Mathematics teacher/faculty just starting out or a professor looking to use humor for your next “serious” lecture, this book is for you.
This book is NOT about boring academic theories. Reading it, you'll get a better appreciation for humor. Not only will you learn how to discover practical humor techniques and teaching strategies to dramatically improve your sense of humor, you’ll have plenty of healthy laughs along the way. This book will help you develop techniques for leveraging humor and take action to improve your teaching immediately today.
In this easy to read book, you’ll find the answers to the hundreds of questions (with examples) such as:
What are the top humor techniques to teach Mathematics? How risky are the various techniques and what can we do about them? (Chapters 1, 6, 9, 10, 16)
Why humor in the classroom? Why humor is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything? (Chapter 2)
How to inspire the students to experience the joy of learning mathematics? (Chapters 1, 3, 4, 7)
What are the time-tested benefits of teaching and learning? How to know yourself and your students? (Chapter 4, 12)
What’s the difference between telling jokes vs. using humor (Chapter 4)
How to create fun with detective humor in the classroom? What kind of humor will work? Why humor can’t and won’t do the whole job? (Chapter 5)
How to use comic avatars and other visuals to humanize Mathematics teaching? What it means to learn and to teach Mathematics with humor and joy? (Chapters 6, 7)
Exactly how to use funny T-Shirts with Math witticisms to make a point and engage your students? (Chapter 8)
Why teaching Math is a funny business? How to spontaneously bring more humor into the classroom? (Chapter 9)
How to use the dad joke, pop culture reference, insider joke etc. in the classroom? How to use humor on tests and other situations? (Chapter 10, 11)
How to surprise and engage students with recreational Mathematics? (Chapters 12, 13, 14)
Exactly how to infuse humor in your writing and lecture or presentation? (Chapter 15)
If you want to minimize the teacher burnout and improve your teaching effectiveness, you could hire a bunch of professional development consultants – or you could just read this book.
Take this book as your professional development guide. This entertaining guide will help you develop the humor skills necessary to take your teaching or academic career to the next higher level of success.
It’s never too late to improve your own sense of humor even if you're not all that funny. If you decide to give this book a try, then we promise you won’t be disappointed. We repeat – this is the only professional development guide you will ever need.
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![Teach Mathematics With a Sense of Humor: Why (and How to) Be a Funnier and More Effective Mathematics Teacher and Laugh All the Way to Your Classroom by [Ronald A. Berk, Dr. Anne Papakonstantinou; Dr. Oliver Knill, Dr. Paul H. Grawe; Dr. Jörg Waltje, Dr. Brian Hopkins; Dr. Ann Wheeler, Dr. Colleen McLean Eddy; Dr. Bruce J. Bayly, Dr. Chrystal Dean; Dr. Sarah S. Pratt, Dr. Karin Vorwerk; Courtney Bass, Dr. Megan Burton; Dr. Daniel S. Silver, Dr. Cacey Wells; Dr. Kris Green, Kishor Vaidya Ph.D.]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51g7KtZMgaS._SY346_.jpg)
