Humour in the classroom

Our latest teaching tip looks at how using humour in the classroom can help with classroom management as well as create a warm atmosphere and help relax students.

Watch Dale demonstrating some simple techniques for introducing elements of humour with a likes and dislikes activity and discussing his ideas.

If this video is not available for viewing in your location, please click here

Bookmark this

Comments

Humour in the classroom.

I totally agree with Dale that humour is a great way to create a comfortable and warm atmosphere in the classroom. But it is very difficult for teachers to learn to be humourous naturally; and if one tries to be humorous in an inappropriate way, he or she may be counterproductive. In other words, an intelligent person may not be humourous but a humorous person must be an intelligent one.

inspiring

Thanks for the cues, It´s for sure that humour makes the point more easely ! Few tips that value a lot. Thanks Mr. Brad Pitt

humour should be funny

I believe in adding humour, but it can go awry. It must be used delicately and only at the teachers expense - never the student. It is all dependable on the age range too. I cannot understand how this man is funny, about as dry as a hot summers day.