Should teachers use humor in the classroom? 

Should teachers use humor in the classroom? Dr. Art Costa says it shows humility as the word "humor" comes from the same stem of humus, which is the earth.
Watch more as he and Dr. Bena Kallick and Allison Zmuda travel through the 16 Habits of Mind as a 30-year celebration.
Who are we?
Borne from Art Costa’s work on Intelligent Behaviors (Costa, 1981), Art was clear about the need to think critically and creatively as central to their growth as problem solvers and finders. Art put together Developing Minds (ASCD, 1991), bringing together philosophers, cognitive psychologists, and researchers focused on developing thinking. His thinking had a natural pattern as he studied what the contributors were saying. Initially, naming the 16 habits began to clarify the skills, behaviors, and dispositions central to growing efficacious thinkers.
When Bena partnered with Art and brought her work with group dynamics and alternative assessments in the mid-1980s, the interplay of their ideas became the basis for honing the intelligent behaviors into 16 Habits of Mind which turned into our first book Assessment in the Learning Organization (ASCD, 1995). Their collaborative work became so generative through teaching and learning in the field and many collaborative conversations as we wrote many more books and articles.
When Allison Zmuda brought her extensive and thoughtful work on personalized learning to write with Bena on the synergy of her work with Habits of Mind, it led to numerous contributions to the Institute and the book Students at the Center (ASCD, 2017). Our Habits of Mind work has become strengthened by her thinking and became so synonymous with the mission of the Institute that she was invited to join the work as a Co-Director.
We have seen practices of Habits of Mind in schools and communities over the past 30 years, and it is remarkable to see evidence of how it has impacted learning and culture.
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