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Hi there
and welcome to our investigation about how necessary it is
for learning to be fun
I'm your host, David Croft
Join me as we enter into the world of learning
Will fun learning
equal good learning?
We may soon find out
Since the dawn of time
the question of whether it is necessary for learning to be fun
has divided great minds like no other
Great minds such as:
With this in mind
we took to the streets
in order to find out what the average person thought
And maybe we could succeed where those before us had failed
Alright, so we're, uh, harassing people about learning
How important do you think it is
for it to be fun when you're learning?
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If you were to Google the phrase 'making learning fun'
you'd get more than twenty thousand results
People obviously think it's important
But is it really?
Well, some research indicates that it is
Research that says
that more interesting passages are better remembered
Hey, the janitor is coming
Of course
the fun learning makes for good learning school of thought has its opponents
Consider for example, the testimony of eminent psychologist
Dr. Walter Appleby
There are limits to making lessons
uh, fun
You cannot make, um...
boring things interesting by mixing in fun
because it'd still be boring
It's a bit like making ch-
uh, chili
And you mix in, uh, more hot sauce
when it's already bad
it's still bad
That's the way it goes
Well what if you put some boring information
on a fun computer program?
Computers are complete rubbish!
Well that's it
We've done it
We've succeeded with those before us had all failed
So in your face, Plato
And in your face, Kelly Clarkson
Guy is a mental midget
He calls four times a day
He comes over six times a day
just to talk about nothing
I haven't got a clue what he's talking about
He just jabs, jibber jabs, jibber jabs
All ***, all garbage
Thinks I know what he's talking about
Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay
Goodbye. There's the door.
Leave
Do you tell him to leave?
He never listens?
He never listens
Goes in one ear, out the other
There's nothing in between to stop it
Crazy
Anyways
Interview over?
No, um...
What do you need?
Better than I could do
What about when you're in school?
Ah
Maybe pay attention to some things
but not everything
But when you're in school
is it important for what you're doing
to be fun?
Well
If you're going to learn something?
If, if you wanna
make movies and stuff like you guys
maybe you've gotta have an education for that, but
to ride
you just give 'er
Yeah?
Yeah
Alright
But, uh
Yeah, I don't know
You guys like seeing back flips and stuff?
Okay, just stand here
We've gotta face the camera
Oh, okay, okay
Okay
Um...
How important is it
for learning to be fun?
Uh...
You tell me when you're
Anytime you wanna go
You want me to go?
You're already filming?
Yeah
It's going already?
How important is it for
learning to be fun?
I think it should be very
important
(laughter)
You've gotta read that line
Oh, sorry, I'm reading something?
I thought I was reading this
Nope, nope
I'm not reading this anymore?
No, just this to this
Oh, you don't want me to say that bit?
No, that's my stuff for, uh...
Is it?
...another point
Let me read that