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2.  Learning can and should be fun. This is not
just a moral position, but a scientific one too.
 When you learn a new thing, or get a
surprise, there is a shot of a chemical
messenger in your brain called dopamine.
Dopamine is famous among neuroscientists
for its involvement in the reward and
motivation systems of the brain.

3.  Learning something new triggers a chemical release of the
same kind as cocaine, albeit in a much more subtle
manner. As methods of getting your kicks you can perhaps
compare it to the difference between walking up a hill
yourself or being strapped to a rocket and blasted up -
slower, harder work, but a lot more sustainable and you’re
in a better state to enjoy the view when you get there.
 One of the many negative things about the misconception
that education is about transmitting content is the idea that
any fun you have is taking time away from proper learning,
and that ‘proper learning’ shouldn’t be fun.

4.  Rather than fun being a relief from learning, or a
distraction from it, for most of our history, before school,
learning had to be its own motivation. Brains that learnt
well had more offspring, and so learning evolved to be
rewarding.
 In lots of teaching situations we focus on the right and
wrong answers to things, which is a venerable paradigm
for learning, but not the only one. There is a less
structured, curiosity-driven, paradigm which focuses not
on what is absolutely right or wrong, but instead on what is
surprising. A problem with rights and wrongs is that, for
some people, the pressure of being correct gets in the way
of experiencing what actually is.

5.  You can try this for yourself, either in any
teaching you do, or any learning. Often we
will get blocked at a particular stage in our
learning. A normal response is to try harder,
and to focus more on what we’re doing right,
and what we’re doing wrong. Sometimes this
helps, but sometimes it just digs us further
into our rut. The way out of the rut is to re-
focus on experiencing again.

6.  I’ll give you an example from one of the two things I know best about
teaching - aikido, the Japanese martial art. Aikido involves some quite
intricate throws and grappling moves. Often a student is so intent on
getting through the move, and on trying hard to get it right, that they
become completely stuck, repeatedly doing something that doesn’t
work, and usually too fast. Even if you say or show explicitly the
correct movement, they can’t seem to get it. In this situation, one
teaching technique that we can use is to tell the student to stop trying
to do the move correctly, and instead do it deliberately wrong. “Try
pushing over this way to the left”, I’ll say, “Now try the opposite over to
the right. Now try high, or low. Which is easiest?” By removing the
obligation to get the move correct I hope to give permission to the
student to just experience the effect they are having on their partner’s
balance. Once they can tune into this they can figure out for
themselves what the right thing to do is, without me having to tell them.

7.  However you do it, if you can get out of the rut
of right and wrong you free up a natural
capacity for experience-led, curiosity-driven
learning. Soon you’ll be flying along again,
experiencing the learning equivalent of the
jogger’s high, and all thanks to that chemical
messenger dopamine and a brain that’s evolved
to find things out for itself, and feel good while
doing it.
 Ways to Make Learning Fun for Different Age
Levels

8.  Early Childhood Education:
 Young children learn best when they are having a good time in a
safe environment. Play-based learning is crucial at a young age.
Learning through games allows young children to build critical
skills in areas such as math and reading while not even realizing
they are actively learning. Even so, learning through fun
activities, active play, and games breeds positive attitudes
towards learning and school.
 In addition to learning basic academic skills, young children will
also develop social and emotional skills through sharing and
cooperating with other children during these activities. Some
activities that you can incorporate into learning include rhyming
games, singing songs, alphabet blocks or magnets,
drawing/painting/play dough/colouring, counting games, math
manipulative, sorting objects, etc.

9.  Elementary Grades:
 There are lots of opportunities to make learning fun in the
elementary classroom - for all subject areas. With the
advancement of classroom technology, there are tons of
resources to help get students actively participating and
enjoying learning. By including hands-on activities in formats
such as learning stations, cooperative learning groups, centres’,
and think-pair-share, students can actively participate in groups
to learn, solve problems, and have fun.
 Incorporating technology into the classroom also provides a
myriad of ways to make learning fun for students. Using iPads,
computers, or SMART Boards allows for learning to become
hands-on and game-like. Virtual field trips, classroom apps, and
technology to motivate reading and learning games are all great
ways for students to actively learn while having fun.

10.  High School Students:
 Learning at this age can quickly become difficult, boring,
and tedious if not enough effort is put into making learning
active, engaging, and fun. There is no reason that more
difficult material can’t be taught in fun ways. It just takes a
little bit more creativity.
 Teenagers still enjoy a good game, group project, or
problem-based learning activity that allows them to
participate actively and changes up the lecture-based
learning atmosphere. For instance, you can make test
review fun by utilizing games like jeopardy, trivial pursuit,
sink or swim, or head of the class. Teenagers love
competition, and this is an excellent way to get students
excited about reviewing valuable content.

11.  Science Classroom
 The science classroom offers lots of great hands-on learning
opportunities to engage older students. Exciting experiments
can be done everywhere from inside the school lab to outside
on the school grounds keeps learning fun. Math can be made
more enjoyable by having students actively solve problems by
creating real-life learning situations, or by having students solve
equations of everyday objects or situations.
 English and Social Studies
 English and social studies courses can incorporate technology,
group projects, role-playing, guest speakers, presentations, etc.
For instance, have students conduct a Shakespeare play, re-
enact historical events, or have students research and prepare
for a debate.

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