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Download full textFrymier, Ann Bainbridge; Wanzer, Melissa Bekelja; Wojtaszczyk, Ann M. – Online Submission, 2007
This study replicated and extended Wanzer, Frymier, Wojtaszczyk, and Smith's (2006) preliminary typology of appropriate and inappropriate teacher humor and advanced three explanations for differences in interpretations of teacher humor. Students were more likely to view teacher humor as inappropriate when it was perceived as offensive and when it…
Descriptors: Humor, Teaching Methods, Student Reaction, Teacher Student Relationship
Blue, Thomas R.; And Others – 1991
Four teachers at Fort Lewis College, Colorado, use humor to send messages which "leap frog" resistance to the new and different, and go directly to the preconscious. The power in these humorous conceptual leaps is that the entering information sticks to the anger and passions of the human psyche, thus fostering retention. Linda Mack, a…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Environment, Higher Education, Humor
Frymier, Ann Bainbridge; Wanzer, Melissa Bekelja – 1998
The use of humor in the classroom has been investigated using a variety of humor operationalizations and methodologies with mixed results. The present study examined the role of teacher humor orientation (HO) rather than specific humorous behaviors. The relationship between teacher humor orientation and learning was the focus of this study.…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Research, Higher Education, Humor
Proctor, Russell F., II – 1994
A speech communication professor informs his students of implicit classroom rules by using a humorous handout. Now and then, the professor elaborates on items in class using stories of classroom encounters that led to the handout's creation. Some of these "tongue-in-cheek" rules (there are 22 in all) are: (1) try to arrive at class a few…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, College Instruction, Higher Education
Hashem, Mahboub E. – 1994
Teachers can use play and humor to establish a climate conducive to learning and mastering effective skills in interpersonal communication classes. A classroom, wherein everyone is considered a teacher and student at the same time, is a classroom acknowledging students, promoting respect and acceptance of others' worldview on a wide range of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, College Instruction
Sellnow, Deanna D. – 1993
A study examined the positive effects that being a parent may have on communication teachers. Three major advantages that parenthood gives teachers (self-disclosure, use of humor, and the incorporation of games and activities) were considered. Several informal interviews with communication instructors who raise children were conducted. One hundred…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, College Faculty
