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Peer reviewedDube, Pierre H. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Provides examples of humorous errors in written exams made by university students of French and Canadian culture. (AM)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, French, Higher Education, Humor
Foster, James A.; Reid, Jane – Canadian Counsellor, 1983
Examined the use of humor in counseling. Students (N=93) viewed a simulated counseling session containing facilitative counselor humor, nonfacilitative humor, or no humor. Results indicated that nonfacilitative humor is less desirable than facilitative humor or no humor in terms of counselor evaluation, but not in terms of client understanding.…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Evaluation
Peer reviewedBill, Brigitte; Naus, Peter – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1992
Studied the role of humor, gender, and sexist attitudes toward women in the interpretation of sexist incidents. Among 30 male and 30 female Canadian college students, perceiving sexist incidents as humorous was associated with seeing the incidents as less sexist and more acceptable. Gender did not affect the interpretation. (JB)
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Humor
PDF pending restorationCollins, Michael, Ed. – 1995
The following are among the papers included in these proceedings: "Challenging the Exclusionary Effects of the Inclusive Mask of Adult Education" (Rockhill); "Organic Intellectuals of the State and Political Struggle in the University" (Cunningham); "Adult Education's Prospects in a Post-University World" (Smith);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Advocacy
