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Humour to learn Mathematics: mathematical tasks to laugh and learn [PDF]
, 2021 Good mood and wellbeing make work and learning much easier. And this is what humour is really all about, to make people feel well and to make them laugh. Humour will minimise stressful situations and facilitate communication. Among the different forms of
Viseu, Floriano +6 more
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The European Journal of Humour Research, 2021 As Chinese people engaged with the Australian cultural scene in recent years, two posts about its humour attracted considerable attention from netizens in the People’s Republic of China.
Jocelyn Valerie Chey
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Humour at the Model United Nations: The Role of Laughter in Constituting Geopolitical Assemblages [PDF]
Geopolitics, 2013 Model United Nations (MUN) is a simulation in which students take on the roles of ambassadors to the United Nations, engaging in debate on ‘real’ issues from the perspective of their assumed national identities. This paper, based on a year of ethnography and interviews of a college-level MUN team, examines the role of humour in producing particular ...
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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 ...
Mora, RA, Weaver, S, Lindo, LM
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Humour and the creative powers of language, or when sentiments turn into centiments
Taikomoji kalbotyra, 2016 Humour is part of human communication and can serve as an effective means for making contact, finding a way out of an embarrassing situation, or mitigating different political and social tensions.
Inesa Šeškauskienė +2 more
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Spontaneous humour and Malaysia’s democratic breakthrough in 2018
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2021 The 2018 Malaysian general election was the first democratic change of government in the nation’s modern history. The victory of the Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope – PH) coalition surprised several observers within and outside the country, especially ...
Shanon Shah
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Humour and belonging: a thematic review [PDF]
, 2022 Serving as introduction to this Special Issue, this article presents a thematic review of topics involved in studies on humour and belonging. It briefly elaborates on the intricacies of concepts such as humour, sense of humour and belonging and their ...
Jessica Milner Davis +3 more
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Addressing Social Issues Using Humors in Mayat (1978) Dramatic Text by Hatta Azad Khan
Responsible Education, Learning and Teaching in Emerging Economies, 2022 Objective: In the dramatic world, humour has been part of releasing tension for readers. Hatta Azad Khan is a renowned Malaysian dramatist who always addresses social issues in his writings.
Abdul Walid Ali +2 more
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Black humour in Ukrainian war memes
The European Journal of Humour ResearchThis article investigates the cognitive foundations of Ukrainian war-related black humour memes through their conceptual modeling. Black humour is reinterpreted as a meme genre through the lens of fundamental humour theories.
Ievgeniia Bondarenko
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IdeAs, 2021 Born in 1974 during the repressive period of the Brazilian military regime, the Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba, which became "International" in 1976, was created on the initiative of local cartoonists and municipal representatives, in the small town ...
Mélanie Toulhoat
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