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Conceptions and practices of Iberian mathematics teachers about humour

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023
This study focuses on the conceptions and practices of Iberian (Portuguese and Spanish) mathematics teachers regarding instructional humour. Specifically, the study aims to answer the following questions: (1) How do Iberian mathematics teachers view ...
Floriano Viseu, Luís Menezes, Susana Amante, Pablo Flores   +3 more
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How students perceive the teacher’s use of humour and how it enhances learning in the classroom

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023
  Recently, scholarship on humour in teaching and learning has focused on the use of instructional humour. Past studies have reported that instructional humour is best used as a pedagogical tool for teaching and learning purposes.
Farhana Bakar, Vijay Mallan
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Humour styles, personality and psychological well-being: What’s humour got to do with it?

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2014
The Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) by Martin et al. (2003) measures four humour styles, namely affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive and self-defeating.
Willibald Friedrich Ruch, Sonja Heintz
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Presenting and perceiving humour in Estonian tourism settings

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2021
Humour plays a significant role in everyday interactions. Individuals perceive humour differently and experience various emotions, from exaltation to umbrage. Therefore, providing humorous communication in customer service is challenging. The aim of this
Marit Piirman, Katrin Saks
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Sexist humour and social identity: The role of sexist humour in men’s ingroup cohesion, sexual harassment, rape proclivity and victim blame [PDF]

, 2015
Jokes have been recognised as ways in which negative attitudes and prejudice can be communicated and enacted in hidden ways (e.g., Allport 1954; Freud 2004 [1905]).
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Investigating the potential of humour in EFL classrooms: An attitudinal study

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2018
Studies on humour have indicated that humour has a lot to offer to both language teachers and learners. Creating a positive classroom environment and lowering affective barriers to language learning are among the several effects of humour.
Talip Gonulal
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An investigation on the types of humour in English Language Teaching among Malaysian lecturers in higher education

The European Journal of Humour Research
Humour in English Language Teaching (ELT) is known to be beneficial for both the educators and students. However, the literature addressing the types of humour used by Malaysian lecturers in higher education on this matter are yet to be explored.
Arif Hakimi Zulazli, Mazlin Mohamed Mokhtar, Intan Safinas Mohd Ariff Albakri, Mohd Haniff Mohd Tahir, Puteri Zarina Megat Khalid, Khazaila Zaini   +5 more
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Introduction: Tricksters, humour and activism [PDF]

, 2016
This special issue, entitled ‘The Trickster Activist in Global Humour and Comedy’, investigates the relevance of the concept of the trickster for explaining activist expressions that emanate from comedians, or that appear in comedy and humour more ...
Bassil-Morozow H, Pérez R, Radin P, Raúl Alberto Mora, Simon Weaver, Tannen RS, Turner V, Vizenor G, Vizenor G, Weaver S   +9 more
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Humour Processing. The Factors that Play a Role in Understanding Humour

Forum Lingwistyczne, 2019
This article addresses the skills involved in processing humour. Both adults and children enjoy puns, jokes, and riddles and employ humour in interaction with friends.
Sandra Levey, Joseph Agius
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Have media texts become more humorous?

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023
As a research topic, humour has drawn much attention from multiple disciplines including linguistics. Based on Engelthaler & Hills’ (2018) humour scale, this study developed a measure named Humour Index (HMI) to quantify the degree of humour of texts ...
Haoran Zhu, Yueqing Deng
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