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Kramer, Mary C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
A high-school Spanish teacher recalls her first hectic year. She would have quit, without assistance with everyday classroom realities from an official mentor (a vice principal), a biology teacher, and a second-grade teacher (her mother). These mentors eventually became her best friends. (MLH)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Coping, High Schools
Download full textRainsberger, Corey D. – 1994
The purpose of this paper was threefold: (1) to review the literature; (2) to determine the effects of the use of humor upon stress within the classroom; and (3) to examine the extent to which students and teachers use humor as a coping mechanism to deal with stressful school situations. It was hypothesized that humor in the classroom is effective…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Coping, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
