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Weili Zhao – Gender and Education, 2024
In this paper, I revisit a spontaneous "laughter" event in a college classroom in China to decolonize in three steps my/our otherwise naturalized modernity/coloniality assumptions about teaching/teachers, learning/learners, gender, objects, and classroom space toward a Daoist affective ecological imaginary. First, I invoke postcritical…
Descriptors: Humor, Feminism, Power Structure, Philosophy
Leddy, Shannon – Environmental Education Research, 2023
In this article, I share with the reader my journey into environmental education, and how I came to understand that even an urbanite like me has something to offer. I look to the work of Indigenous scholars to frame the ways in which Indigenous pedagogies, combined with environmental, place-based, and land-based pedagogies, form a matrix of…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Urban Areas, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge
Mullowney, William J.; Santora, Kathleen Curry – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2014
College and university lawyers must be prepared to address legal matters that range from the kinds one might expect to those that are unanticipated, even unbelievable. It's all in a day's work--and there's no such thing as a typical day in the life of a higher education attorney. The complex legal and regulatory issues facing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Lawyers, Legal Problems
Klein, Sheri R. – Art Education, 2013
What's funny about art--and why should art educators care? Art historians, critics, and artists are now taking a closer look at art that generates a laugh. This has particular relevance for art educators who seek to direct student engagement in new and exciting areas and embrace artworks that generally fall outside of the art school…
Descriptors: Humor, Art Education, Secondary Education, Higher Education
Worner, C. H.; Romero, A.; Bustamante, G. – Physics Education, 2010
An achievement evaluation of a non-conventional physics course for liberal arts students is presented. The theoretical ground for this course focuses on the use of humour as a teaching tool. Preliminary evidence shows that a learning process is accomplished. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Physics, Humor, Teaching Methods, College Students
Barden, Dennis M. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Humor is a powerful tool. It can disarm an adversary. It can leaven the purposefully self-aggrandizing nature of a job interview. Perhaps most important, it can serve as a window to personality in the same way that a resume is a window to experience. In this article, the author emphasizes the value of having a sense of humor. He emphasizes that it…
Descriptors: Humor, Employment Interviews, Job Applicants, Personality Traits
Coleman, Stephen F. – Teaching Political Science, 1983
Ten elements and techniques which can be used very effectively in a college level political science course are animation and enthusiasm; costumes; skits; motion; humor; perks; personality and mood changes; voices, puppets, and imitations; the personalization of material; and state of mind. (RM)
Descriptors: Animation, Dramatics, Higher Education, Humor
Bartlett, Thomas – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Describes the ways in which a professor of statistics uses humor in the classroom. Ronald A. Berk uses humor as systematic teaching tool even though some other faculty and administrators consider his approach frivolous. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Humor, Statistics

Nevin, Ann; Leff, Herbert – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
The article describes how the creative use of "awareness plans" can empower teacher education students as learners and teachers. The approach makes use of concepts of metacognition and the value of play and humor and provides a formatted written exercise to increase self awareness. (DB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Humor, Metacognition, Play

Dube, Pierre – Mosaic: A Journal for Language Teachers, 1997
Presents a collection of humorous, incorrect answers given over the years by college students taking tests in a course on French civilization. The paper emphasizes the importance of appreciating the humor within any situation. The answers are in response to questions asking students to identify people, places, dates, or events and to explain their…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, History Instruction, Humor

Chait, Richard; Green, Madeleine – Educational Record, 1990
"Presidentialese" is a curious dialect of higher education jargon. A humorous description of the language of higher education, as it pertains to college presidents and their ability to circumvent the truth, is presented. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, College Presidents, Communication Skills, Higher Education

Sherwood, Steve – Writing Center Journal, 1993
Argues for the value of humor in writing center instruction. Shows how writing center tutors can use humor effectively in tutoring settings. Relates personal experiences as a writing tutor in which humor proved useful and effective. (HB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Humor, Teacher Student Relationship, Tutors
Corning, Gail – Pre-Text: A Journal of Rhetorical Theory, 1991
Examines why scientific humor is produced and what functions it serves. Discusses the case of James V. McConnell and his journal "The Worm-Runner's Digest," which published serious scientific articles in the empiricist repertoire and more whimsical materials in the contingent repertoire. (RS)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Humor, Scholarly Journals, Scientific and Technical Information
Reeves, Thomas C. – Academic Questions, 2004
A professor of the old school invents the scenario of an avowed educational mediocrity that must defend its reputation for expecting the very least from its students and faculty. His fictional Damp State University cherishes its position on the lowest tier of "U.S. News & World Report's" rankings. Professor Reeves gives us a bitter…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Humor, Academic Standards

Bergmann, Linda S. – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1996
Shows that while student humor has definite pedagogical usefulness in teaching the conventional academic modes of discourse and language, it also can become a vehicle of subversion. (TB)
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Humor