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Teach Philosophy With a Sense of Humor: Why (and How to) Be a Funnier and More Effective Philosophy Educator and Laugh All the Way to Your Classroom
What if you could be a much funnier and more effective Philosophy professor than you are today?
The Philosophy 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 Philosophy 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.
Top contributing professors in this book will answer your hundreds of questions such
How to teach with a sense of humor? Why humor must be timely? And how to make it thoughtful, creative, and memorable? (Chapters 1, 2);How to teach philosophy with humor (not a mere laughter)? How to promote creative thinking and invite humor? (Chapters 2, 4);Why sexing up contents can make it more memorable for students and how to put your finger onto something that resonates with students? (Chapter 3);How to teach philosophy with a love of wisdom and a sense of humor? How to agree or disagree with humor and be happily and humorously irreverent (Chapters 4, 5);How to win students and influence people? How to “do” philosophy with humor? (Chapters 6, 7);Why is humor real-time cognitive measuring instrument? Exactly how to use humor and jokes to teach philosophy? (Chapters 8, 9, 10);What are different types of philosophy jokes and who needs them anyway? How to philosophize with a hammer? What to do when the joke is on us? (Chapters 11, 14, 15);What is the trouble with contemporary philosophy teaching and how to address it with humor? (Chapter 12);What changes it discloses when humor drifts from physical to virtual classroom (Chapter 13);How to untangle dialogues by discovering various fallacies and confusions in the dialogue? How to create the joy of learning difficult materials? (Chapters 16, 18);Exactly how to find the humor through experiential reports as a type of assignment that inspires students? (Chapter 17);Why you need humor in the classroom (but not comedy)? How to find humor and connect with students? (Chapters 19, 20);What are top 10 humor techniques? Exactly how to infuse humor into your writing and presentation or lecture? (Chapter 21);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.
The Philosophy 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 Philosophy 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.
Top contributing professors in this book will answer your hundreds of questions such
How to teach with a sense of humor? Why humor must be timely? And how to make it thoughtful, creative, and memorable? (Chapters 1, 2);How to teach philosophy with humor (not a mere laughter)? How to promote creative thinking and invite humor? (Chapters 2, 4);Why sexing up contents can make it more memorable for students and how to put your finger onto something that resonates with students? (Chapter 3);How to teach philosophy with a love of wisdom and a sense of humor? How to agree or disagree with humor and be happily and humorously irreverent (Chapters 4, 5);How to win students and influence people? How to “do” philosophy with humor? (Chapters 6, 7);Why is humor real-time cognitive measuring instrument? Exactly how to use humor and jokes to teach philosophy? (Chapters 8, 9, 10);What are different types of philosophy jokes and who needs them anyway? How to philosophize with a hammer? What to do when the joke is on us? (Chapters 11, 14, 15);What is the trouble with contemporary philosophy teaching and how to address it with humor? (Chapter 12);What changes it discloses when humor drifts from physical to virtual classroom (Chapter 13);How to untangle dialogues by discovering various fallacies and confusions in the dialogue? How to create the joy of learning difficult materials? (Chapters 16, 18);Exactly how to find the humor through experiential reports as a type of assignment that inspires students? (Chapter 17);Why you need humor in the classroom (but not comedy)? How to find humor and connect with students? (Chapters 19, 20);What are top 10 humor techniques? Exactly how to infuse humor into your writing and presentation or lecture? (Chapter 21);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.
288 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 30, 2021
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