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Yilmaz, Betül; Tuncer, Nuran – Online Submission, 2021
The study aimed to reveal if there is a relationship between teachers' and preservice teachers' sense of humour and death attitude. The researchers used correlational research design which is one of the quantitative research designs. Data were collected by using two scales that are "Multidimensional Sense of Humour Scale" and the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Humor, Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teachers
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Sahin, Ahmet; Gök, Ramazan – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2020
Purpose of the study is to determine the effects of the schools' humor climates on the perceived stress levels of teachers. The sample of the study, which is a predictive correlational study, is made up of 387 teachers. In data collection, the Humor Climate Scale and the Perceived Stress Scale were used. Consequently, constructive humor climates…
Descriptors: Humor, Stress Variables, Educational Environment, Correlation
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Riggan, Jennifer – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
This paper uses the case of Eritrea to explore tensions between education and militarisation as forms of everyday state-making and examine how teachers constitute the state in the process of navigating these tensions. In 2003 Eritrea merged educational and military institutions. Teachers responded to the new policies by alternately joining in with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Case Studies, Social Systems
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Ho, Sammy K. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2016
This study examined the total, direct, and indirect effects of humour on burnout among 539 school teachers. As predicted, those with high humour reported significantly lower levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation but higher levels of personal accomplishment. Self-esteem consistently explained parts of the associations between humour…
Descriptors: Humor, Self Esteem, Coping, Intervention
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Ho, Sammy K. – Educational Psychology, 2017
In this study, we report on the relationship between positive humour and burnout among 379 secondary school teachers in Hong Kong, and explore whether the relationship varies according to gender. The moderating effects of both affiliative and self-enhancing humour on each burnout component were then examined. High affiliative and self-enhancing…
Descriptors: Correlation, Stress Variables, Teacher Burnout, Humor
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Evans-Palmer, Teri – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2016
Teaching art well in the Conceptual Age requires more from preservice art teachers than knowledge and skills; candidates will need capacities that inspire joy, empathy, and innovation (Pink, 2006). Dispositions that contextualize these capacities come from the affective aptitudes of teachers' inner lives where feelings, perceptions, and beliefs…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Art Teachers, Self Efficacy, Humor
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Harfitt, Gary James – Research Papers in Education, 2013
A central issue in the class size debate is that while cutting class size might lead to improved teaching and learning, it is also possible that it may not if teachers do not seek to exploit the advantages of a smaller class size through an alternative pedagogy. Research suggests that teachers do not change their pedagogy when moving from large…
Descriptors: Correlation, Class Size, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Teachers
McKenzie, Kemberly Elaine – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study employed a quantitative research method and examined the relationship among teacher burnout, job-related stress and humor coping styles in 306 high school teachers from the south suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. In particular, this study sought to determine if a relationship existed among the three variables by examining if teacher burnout…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Teacher Burnout, Secondary School Teachers, Coping