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Martin, Alexander P. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2022
Politics and International Relations (Pol & IR) lecturers can capitalise on the established relationship between comedy and political analysis by using humour techniques to enhance the student learning experience and to develop students' critical analysis skills. Using collected data from focus groups with 21 British and International…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Humor, Political Science, International Relations
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Peters, Lloyd – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2015
The BBC Radio 4 comedy-drama "A Higher Education" was written in 1999 to present a satire of a dysfunctional and cash-strapped university (Northfield) led by the egotistical and amoral Head of Drama, Don Crookfield (played by Rik Mayall). For those of us passionately engaged in the provision of higher education today, the satire also…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Satire