Official Review: Transforming Learing
Posted: 17 Nov 2019, 10:15
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Transforming Learing" by Peter M. Jonas, PhD.]
Transforming Learning is a non-fiction book that discusses different researches regarding humor. The book aims to address how individuals and organizations can use humor to improve different areas in the educational environment. Based on his meta-analysis and meta-synthesis of humor research, Peter Jonas provides us with a humor research book that is also humorous in itself.
The book talks about how humor affects nine key areas in the educational environment, which are leadership, culture, relationships, learning, engagement, communication, creativity, job satisfaction, and coping with stress. From the author’s meta-analysis of humor research, all of these areas are significantly correlated with humor, which means that using humor improves these key areas. After identifying the reasons how humor can affect these key areas, the book gives some practical advice on how to implement humor methods in the classroom and the workplace.
I like that the book is humorous in itself. The author does a good job of this by adding well-timed jokes and quips. The funniest ones, in my opinion, are the jokes with some story to build the punchline.
Also, the author does a good job of providing detailed and well-researched information that establishes his points. The book contains a vast amount of literature, all of which are analyzed and synthesized to show the significance of humor research. By reading the book, one can easily see the connection between the different theories regarding humor and their application to one’s practical life, whether that be in the classroom or the workplace. It is especially helpful that the book is professionally edited.
My only problem is that the practical advice in the book tends to be repeated in different chapters. The advice about using pictures instead of words to convey an idea properly is used both in “Learning” and “Creativity.” Because of this, the book tends to be longer than it really should be. Of course, this is not necessarily a bad thing because such repetition can help the reader retain important information this way. Essentially, this issue mainly boils down to the reader’s preference.
I think that it’s great for a book about humor research to be humorous in itself since most books about research tend to be dry. Overall, Transforming Learning is an entertaining book that is also helpful as well for those who want to use humor to improve learning in the classroom and productivity in the workplace. I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I can recommend this book to teachers and managers who are having problems with their teaching and leadership methods.
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Transforming Learing
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Transforming Learning is a non-fiction book that discusses different researches regarding humor. The book aims to address how individuals and organizations can use humor to improve different areas in the educational environment. Based on his meta-analysis and meta-synthesis of humor research, Peter Jonas provides us with a humor research book that is also humorous in itself.
The book talks about how humor affects nine key areas in the educational environment, which are leadership, culture, relationships, learning, engagement, communication, creativity, job satisfaction, and coping with stress. From the author’s meta-analysis of humor research, all of these areas are significantly correlated with humor, which means that using humor improves these key areas. After identifying the reasons how humor can affect these key areas, the book gives some practical advice on how to implement humor methods in the classroom and the workplace.
I like that the book is humorous in itself. The author does a good job of this by adding well-timed jokes and quips. The funniest ones, in my opinion, are the jokes with some story to build the punchline.
Also, the author does a good job of providing detailed and well-researched information that establishes his points. The book contains a vast amount of literature, all of which are analyzed and synthesized to show the significance of humor research. By reading the book, one can easily see the connection between the different theories regarding humor and their application to one’s practical life, whether that be in the classroom or the workplace. It is especially helpful that the book is professionally edited.
My only problem is that the practical advice in the book tends to be repeated in different chapters. The advice about using pictures instead of words to convey an idea properly is used both in “Learning” and “Creativity.” Because of this, the book tends to be longer than it really should be. Of course, this is not necessarily a bad thing because such repetition can help the reader retain important information this way. Essentially, this issue mainly boils down to the reader’s preference.
I think that it’s great for a book about humor research to be humorous in itself since most books about research tend to be dry. Overall, Transforming Learning is an entertaining book that is also helpful as well for those who want to use humor to improve learning in the classroom and productivity in the workplace. I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I can recommend this book to teachers and managers who are having problems with their teaching and leadership methods.
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Transforming Learing
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon