The audience was enthusiatic and laughed a lot. But more importantly they learned that using humor in the classrohom enhances learning and breaks down barriers in the classroom. That was the objective when I spoke about “Turning “HaHa” into “Aha” – Using Humor in the Classroom” to a group of teachers at the annual meeting of the Association for Career and Technical Eduation in San Antonio in early December. Most people don’t realize there are professional societies and scholarly journals that focus on the use of humor in education. Now a group of CTE teachers know and are cognizant of the research.
