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Humor is a Test of Character: Why Our Classrooms Need More Joy and Laughter

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In their 2011 book Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind, Matthew M. Hurley, Daniel C. Dennett and Reginald B. Adams, Jr. explain the tight link between brain development and humor that cognitive neuroscientists have found.

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Mind and Body in the Classroom | Connect Magazine

Mind and Body in the Classroom | Connect Magazine | Science News | Scoop.it

A new study shows corporal punishment harms children’s ability to learn


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Neuroscience & the Classroom - Harvards-Smithsonian

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Insights drawn from neuroscience not only provide educators with a scientific basis for understanding some of the best practices in teaching, but also offer a new lens through which to look at the problems teachers grapple with every day.


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Dr. Susan Bainbridge's comment, May 29, 2012 12:52 PM
Glad you liked this post. Should be lots more of these types of courses appearing this year.