Is Joy Still a Thing?

Dean ShareskiPETE & CHershey, PAFeb 11, 2014

Is Joy Still a Thing?

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Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

Why Doesn’t Christina Ever smile?

Is Joy Still a Thing?




“People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of things they weren't so crazy about the first time.”

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Do you Believe Learning is Like Buckley’s?

Do you Believe Learning is Like Buckley’s?

Stop Explaining Learning Like This

Stop Explaining Learning Like This

Every Mission Statement on the Planet

rigorous and relevant education to all students in a learning environment that fosters high expectations and data

Every Mission Statement on the Planet

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Feel-Bad EducationThe Cult of Rigor and the Loss of Joyby: Alfie Kohn

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"Why are our schools not places

of joy?"









of joy?"







of joy?"










I’m appearing to accept an odious premise—namely, that joy must be justified as a means to the end of better academic performance. Not so:

It’s an end in itself.





With regards to creating a video like that do you:


A. Do it because it's not only fun but likely does address some curricular outcomes but you might have to look them up later. Fingers crossed.



B. Do it and to heck with the outcomes, doing joyful things with students is important.




C. Do it but perhaps as an extra-curricular activity because you're not sure where it fits with a robust curriculum but still think it's important.




C. Do it but perhaps as an extra-curricular activity because you're not sure where it fits with a robust curriculum but still think it's important.

D. Not do it at all because it’s a waste of time.

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data driven


accountability

student achievement

test obsessed



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Why Do I Have to Learn This?



positive school environment is provided to enhance, empower, and promote the value of lifelong learning for our students

joy /joi/

Noun

joy /joi/

Noun

1.the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires

2.the expression or exhibition of such emotion

You know it when you See it

You know it when you See it

Is Joy Really the Schools Responsibility?

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Is Joy Really the Schools Responsibility?




Do We Teach Students How To Be Happy?

Do We Teach Students How To Be Happy?

Planning and Designing For Joy

Wonder

Boring

I’m bored

“Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Stryrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.” Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

“We Have Responsibility to Awe”

How often do your students get to wonder?

Be Interesting

“one of the best things you can do for your students is to be an interesting person” Gary Stager

“We needed to deliver something more, give the viewers another reason to tune in.”



“...it was a show about people who loved what they were doing, who were informed, but who were also trying to bring a smile and a laugh to their audience.”

How Do You Learn?

How Do You Learn?

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Inquiry: It’s not just for students

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Inquiry: It’s not just for students



SAGE ONTHE STAGE

SAGE ONTHE STAGE

GUIDE ONTHE SIDE

GUIDE ONTHE SIDE

MEDDLER IN THE MIDDLE

The Learning Project

My Teaching Staff

What are you learning right now? Do your students know about this?

(Bonus points if it has nothing to do with your job)

How are your interests/passions infused into your classroom?

Share It

“TO GET THE FULL VALUE OF JOY YOU MUST HAVE SOMEONE TO DIVIDE IT WITH.”

Mark Twain

"The pursuit of happiness is not a solitary goal," said James Fowler, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego.

"We are connected, and so is our joy."The study, published in December 2008 in the British Medical Journal, suggests that living near a friend who becomes happy increases the probability of a person becoming cheerful by 25 per cent. Researchers also theorize that friends of friends — up to three degrees of separation — can also

affect a person's degree of happiness.

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/dec04_2/a2338

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/dec04_2/a2338

"The pursuit of happiness is not a solitary goal," said James Fowler, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego.

"We are connected, and so is our joy."The study, published in December 2008 in the British Medical Journal, suggests that living near a friend who becomes happy increases the probability of a person becoming cheerful by 25 per cent. Researchers also theorize that friends of friends — up to three degrees of separation — can also

affect a person's degree of happiness.

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How are you spreading and sharing joyful moments in your school/classroom?

Just do It

"There is a direct correlation between the level of happiness in one's life and the amount of silliness they allow into it." She said, "I know. I've done studies."

When’s the last time you did something in which its primary purpose was to bring joy to you or

your students?

Be Grateful

GRATITUDE

GRATITUDE

GRATITUDE

Leaders Who Praise and Support Publicly



How are you showing gratitude to your students? parents? colleagues?

It’s an End in itself



It’s an End in itselfThank you

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