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Book review

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research, 2022
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Margherita Dore
doaj  

Development of a framework for implementing digital serious games in anatomy education: A single‐centre qualitative study

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Serious games are emerging as innovative tools in medical education, yet their adoption in anatomy teaching remains limited due to educator hesitancy, institutional constraints, and design challenges. This qualitative study explores the perspectives of anatomy educators on digital serious games and proposes a framework for their implementation.
Arthur Chin Haeng Lau, James Pickering
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Muslim Stand-Up Comedy in the US and the UK: Incongruity, Everydayness, and Performativity

open access: yesReligions, 2021
The objectives of this article are two-fold: to provide a review of the major figures and trends in Muslim American comedy and discuss certain techniques and approaches that have been used by stand-up comedians to counter predominant and discriminatory ...
Lamiae Aidi
doaj   +1 more source

Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review. Quirk, Sophie (2015) Why Stand-Up Comedy Matters. How Comedians Manipulate and Influence

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research, 2017
As the title and introduction explain, Sophie Quirk’s monograph sets out to investigate the reasons and ways comedians manipulate and influence their audience.
Margherita Dore
doaj   +2 more sources

The language of Nigerian stand-up comedy

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research
Nigeria is complexly multilingual. Arising from this, Nigerian stand–up comedians employ a variety of linguistic strategies to communicate with the audience.
Emama Emmanuel Ogheneakpobor   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF STAND-UP COMEDY PERFORMANCES BY THREE FAMOUS AMERICAN COMICS

open access: yesJournal of English Education and Teaching, 2019
This research aimed at finding the rhetorical of narrative section based on Labov’s model and the stand-up comedy techniques which dominantly used by Jim Jefferies, Ricky Gervais, and Bill Burr on their performances. The observation checklist was used in
Fadly Dzil Ikram   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Definitions of the humorous in Chris Rock and Russell Peters fan blogs: A discussion of the problem of incongruity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
There is an old and unsolved problem in the philosophy of humour that examines the conditions under which some incongruities are deemed funny and some are not.
Weaver, S
core  

Improving the learning experience in an undergraduate course on microbial metabolism by using an illustrated story

open access: yesBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 131-141, March/April 2025.
Abstract In the classroom, metabolism is often approached and received as a mundane exercise in memorization. Teaching metabolism also faces the challenge of negative perceptions that can impede learning. We sought to improve the learning experience in an undergraduate lecture course on microbial metabolism by implementing an illustrated story that ...
James B. McKinlay, Katherine Kearns
wiley   +1 more source

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