Humor in the classroom using faculty skits.
The infusion of humor in the classroom through faculty-developed skits is a teaching-learning strategy that engages nursing students in the learning process. Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory for Adult Learners provides the framework for the use of humor as a strategy in higher education. Three exemplars are presented with a description of the specific strategy, an objective for each strategy, and the effect of the strategy on student engagement in nursing education. In the exemplars, the authors provide "ready to use" ideas with some "pearls of wisdom" for other faculty interested in developing similar learning activities.
Graduate Program and School of Nursing, Columbus State University, 4225 University Ave., Columbus, GA 31907, USA. cheryl.smith@columbusstate.edu
Cheryl Mixon
CM
Smith
Sheri Reynolds
SR
Noviello
D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic