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Ioannis Ch. Konstantinou; Angeliki C. Tsatsouli; Stamatoula G. Logotheti – Open Journal for Educational Research, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the opinions of primary school and high school students regarding the role of humor as a practice in the management of educational communication on the part of the teacher. More specifically, it is investigated whether and to what extent humor affects the students' behavior towards the teacher, the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Humor, Elementary School Students, High School Students
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Penelope Wardman, Natasha – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2021
In a global context where children are increasingly exposed to hostile humour in cartoons like Adventure Time and Spongebob Squarepants, it is not surprising that we see this play out in school settings. More concerning, however, is how teachers can misuse their position of power to wield such forms of humour against students who dare to question…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Humor, Classroom Environment, Power Structure
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Michelle K. Orcutt; Grant R. Jackson; Stephanie J. Jones – Online Learning, 2024
For decades, the number of students enrolling in online courses has been increasing, and this trend toward online education has been further intensified as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The completion rate of online courses is not as high as in-person instruction, and researchers and practitioners have long been invested in identifying ways…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Attitudes, Teacher Role, Teacher Behavior
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Sidelinger, Robert J.; Tatum, Nicholas T. – College Teaching, 2019
This study (N = 326) was conducted to examine the associations among instructor humor, inappropriate conversations, and instructional dissent. First, results showed students are more likely to employ rhetorical dissent when they perceive their instructors as humorous in the classroom. Second, using expectancy violations theory as a guide, results…
Descriptors: Humor, Teaching Methods, Interpersonal Communication, Teacher Student Relationship
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Baker, James P.; Clark-Gordon, Cathlin V.; Myers, Scott A. – Communication Education, 2019
Guided by emotional response theory, this study examined how students' emotional responses mediated the relationship between their instructors' dramatic teaching behaviors (i.e., humor, self-disclosure, narrative) and their approach-avoidance behaviors (i.e., oral in-class participation, out-of-class communication, classroom citizenship…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Teacher Behavior, Teaching Methods, Humor
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Dobson, Emma; Beckmann, Nadin; Forrest, Simon – Pastoral Care in Education, 2017
This paper presents findings from a comparative study of peer- and teacher-led Sex and Relationship Education (SRE). One lesson delivered by a peer educator, and one lesson delivered by a teacher was observed with the aim of exploring the communicative process between educators and students within SRE. It is claimed that open communication between…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Peer Teaching, Teacher Student Relationship, Classroom Communication
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Claus, Christopher J.; Booth-Butterfield, Melanie; Chory, Rebecca M. – Communication Education, 2012
Using rhetorical/relational goal theory as a guiding frame, we examined relationships between instructor misbehaviors (i.e., indolence, incompetence, and offensiveness) and the likelihood of students communicating antisocial behavioral alteration techniques (BATs). More specifically, the study focused on whether students' perceptions of instructor…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Student Attitudes, Interpersonal Attraction, Humor
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Korte, Leon; Lavin, Angeline; Davies, Thomas – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2013
While there are certainly differences of opinion regarding teaching effectiveness, the goal of this study is to investigate whether there is consistency or differences in opinion based on the gender of the student doing the evaluation of the instructor or the gender of the instructor being evaluated. This paper summarizes the gender-based findings…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Business Administration Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
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Lehtimaja, Inkeri – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2011
This article demonstrates, using conversation analysis, how students use address terms when reproaching the teacher. The data consist of videotaped lessons of Finnish as a second language in secondary school. The analyses show, first of all, that teacher-oriented address terms can be used separately as reproaches, in which case they are marked…
Descriptors: Cues, Interpersonal Communication, Figurative Language, Discourse Analysis
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Aylor, Brooks; Oppliger, Patrice – Communication Education, 2003
Examines student perceptions of instructor humor orientation, assertiveness, and responsiveness as antecedents of out-of-class communication (OCC) between instructors and students. Finds that instructors can increase the frequency of OCC with their students, especially informal OCC, by exhibiting humorous dispositions. Notes that by using a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Humor, Instructional Effectiveness, Interpersonal Communication
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McInnes, Michele – Voices from the Middle, 1995
Describes episodes of humor in a middle school classroom. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Humor, Interpersonal Communication, Junior High Schools
Bunz, Ulla K. – 2001
Humans in technology classrooms have allowed themselves to become dependent on technology. Especially when the technology fails, the instructor has to fall back on non-technology driven methods to teach technology applications. Issues arise, including time use, teacher credibility, and efficiency of teaching. This paper presents experience of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Educational Technology, Higher Education
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Wanzer, Melissa Bekelja; Frymier, Ann Bainbridge – Communication Education, 1999
Finds that a high humor orientation (HO) was associated with increased undergraduate student perceptions of learning; and that high HO students reported learning more with a high HO teacher. Examines perceived teacher humor orientation in relation to nonverbal immediacy and socio-communicative style. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Higher Education, Humor, Interpersonal Communication
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