The association between sense of humour and trauma-related mental health outcomes: two exploratory studies [PDF]
, 2017 Two studies (n = 73, n = 132) explored the association between sense of humour and trauma related well-being outcomes. It was found that sense of humour was not associated with reports of posttraumatic growth as measured by the Posttraumatic Growth ...
Boerner, Michaela +2 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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I’m not joking! The strategic use of humour in stories of racism [PDF]
, 2017 This study examines the use of humour by Black football coaches in England as a rhetorical device against racism. The paper draws on humour studies and critical race theory to illustrate signs of humour as defence.
Andronoviene L +27 more
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Framing young children’s humour and practitioner responses to it using a Bakhtinian carnivalesque lens [PDF]
, 2015 This article presents findings from a pilot study offering an alternative framing of children’s humour and laughter in an early childhood education setting. It employs a Bakhtinian carnivalesque lens to explore the nature of children’s humour in an urban
Jennings-Tallant, L
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Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2022 For the most part, information landscapes such as libraries are structured, organized, created, and used by the dominant groups. These spaces may be unfamiliar territory for many students.
Maha Kumaran, Tasha Maddison
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Antimicrobial Peptides from Fruits and Their Potential Use as Biotechnological Tools—A Review and Outlook [PDF]
, 2012 This article explores the relation between humour and control, drawing on participant observation in an organization in which humour was central to daily life.
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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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Editorial for special issue on education and humour: Education and humour as tools for social awareness and critical consciousness in contemporary classrooms [PDF]
, 2015 It is not new to consider the instructive power of humour. Both Plato and Aristotle, through their superiority theories, saw the benefit of wit as a social corrective, although they remained suspicious of the uneducated laughter of the masses (Plato in ...
Lindo, LM, Mora, RA, Weaver, S
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The European Journal of Humour ResearchHumour 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 +5 more
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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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