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Lowan-Trudeau, Greg – Environmental Education Research, 2023
In this inquiry, I explore, expose, and extrapolate upon sociopolitical and environmental absurdism as an environmental academic and educator based in Alberta, Canada--a well-known, and somewhat infamous, centre of oil and gas production and energy development in general. Moving beyond Alberta as a catalytic example, I introduce and discuss…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Fuels, Energy, Teaching Methods
Tras, Zeliha; Kabakci, Büsra; Baltaci, Umay Bilge – Research in Pedagogy, 2021
The aim of this study is to examine the psychological resilience in teacher candidates in terms of sense of humor and life satisfaction. Correlational research model was used in the study. The dependent variable of the research is psychological resilience and independent variables are sense of humor and life satisfaction. The research was carried…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Preservice Teachers, Humor, Personality Traits
Barnett, Lynn A. – American Journal of Play, 2019
Research about playfulness in adults has viewed it as something that emanates from personality and other individualized characteristics, and therefore many previous studies adopted a trait approach to predict playfulness, largely ignoring gender differences. The author conducted a facet-level analysis of the so-called big-five personality…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Undergraduate Students, Gender Differences, Humor
Daumiller, Martin; Bieg, Sonja; Dickhäuser, Oliver; Dresel, Markus – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
Teachers' content-related humor matters for the quality of higher education. However, little is known about the circumstances under which teachers use it. From a socio-cognitive perspective, teachers' achievement goals and self-efficacy appear to be relevant personal precursors. We investigated their effects on content-related humor in two…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Humor, Self Efficacy, College Faculty
Antón-Sancho, Álvaro; Nieto-Sobrino, María; Fernández-Arias, Pablo; Vergara-Rodríguez, Diego – Education Sciences, 2022
This research consists of a quantitative analysis of the perspective of a group of university professors from different areas of knowledge and from 19 different Latin American countries on the use of humor and memes in virtual learning environments (VLEs) in higher education. The data have been obtained from an own-design survey, and the answers…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Humor, Educational Technology, Higher Education
Fki, Najla – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
This study examines lecturers' and learners' perceptions on humor use in Tunisian tertiary classrooms, focusing specifically on the English major. The ultimate aim is to explore the types and frequency of humor use on the one hand and whether teachers regard humor in the same light as their students on the other. To this purpose, a mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Humor
Eisenbarth, Chris A. – College Student Journal, 2019
Stress is a major issue for college students and the college years are considered one of the most stressful periods of a person's life. Gender differences in perceived stress and coping strategies were studied in a sample of undergraduate students (N = 409) using a cross-sectional, self-report format. MANOVA results indicated that men engaged in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Stress Variables, Coping, Gender Differences
Nienaber, Kristie; Abrams, Gwyneth; Segrist, Dan – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019
Instructors often use humor in teaching their classes. Research suggests that humor can affect how instructors and their teaching are perceived. The current study examined whether the type of humor used by a hypothetical instructor and instructor gender affected the perceived likelihood of engaging with the instructor. College students read a…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Humor, Learner Engagement, Gender Differences
Yilmaz, Hasan – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The aim of this study is to compare Kyrgyz and Turkish students in terms of styles of anger, anger expression, humor, and obedience. The scales for anger expression styles, humor styles, and obedience were applied to 206 Kyrgyz and 197 Turkish students. The greatest differences were found in obedience. Turkish students' continuous anger and anger…
Descriptors: College Students, Humor, Psychological Patterns, Compliance (Psychology)
Isik, Utku; Cengiz, Recep – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between the humor styles and personality of the students of Physical Education and Sports College. The sample of the study consists of 732 students who have been established by random method and study in four different physical education and sports colleges of Turkey in 2014-2015 the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Humor, Personality Traits, Physical Education
Machlev, Moshe; Karlin, Nancy J. – College Teaching, 2017
The goal of this study was to research the frequency of the use of diverse types of humor in the college classroom for a possible association with student interest in course material. This relationship was studied using quantitative methods. Participants answered questions about their interest in course material and the type of humor that their…
Descriptors: Humor, Student Interests, Undergraduate Students, Statistical Analysis
Porter, Anne Marie; Walsh, Courtney; Ivie, Rachel – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2022
As documented in the National Academies' 2020 astronomy decadal survey report, harassment and discrimination continue to be problems in astronomical employment and educational settings. In order to document the types of harassment and discrimination in astronomy and the context in which these behaviors occur, this report describes an analysis of…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Education, Graduate Students, Longitudinal Studies
Solhi Andarab, Mehdi; Mutlu, Aynur Kesen – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2019
Humor has often been seen as an important element in the learning process, facilitating both teaching and learning. Nevertheless, the utilization of humor in the educational setting has had its opponents. In recent years, many attempts have been made to conceptualize the various forms of humor implemented in the practice of education. Despite a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Humor, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Cengiz, Recep; Sunay, Hakan; Yasar, Onur Mutlu – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The aim of the study was to examine the mobbing via humour of the lecturers at Schools of Physical Education and Sport. The sample of the study consisted of 470 lecturers dutied at those schools. In order to analyze the lecturers' perception levels about mobbing via humour behaviours, the "Scale of Humour Behaviours" was used. T-test and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Physical Education, College Athletics
Machlev, Moshe; Karlin, Nancy J. – SAGE Open, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency of use of different types of humor in the classroom for a possible relationship with perceived and actual learning. This relationship was examined using quantitative methods. Participants answered questions about their perceived and actual learning and the type of humor to which they were…
Descriptors: Correlation, Humor, Teaching Methods, Gender Differences