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Hismanoglu, Murat; Ersan, Yüksel; Turan, Yusuf Ziyaettin – Online Submission, 2018
Humor is a fundamental pedagogical tool that EFL teachers can utilize in the classroom to maximize their effectiveness. Furthermore, humor in pedagogy is a basic tool that can help teachers to create a motivating atmosphere in class to enhance student learning. For years, educational researchers have tried to investigate humor implementation in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Humor
Harvey, Amanda M.; Thompson, Sharlynn; Lac, Andrew; Coolidge, Frederick L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
The purpose of the study was to examine the characteristics of Internet memes created and disseminated by proponents and opponents of vaccinations. A quantitative content analysis was performed on 234 pro- and antivaccine memes culled from the vaccination fan pages with the greatest number of followers on Facebook. Coding variables included…
Descriptors: Public Health, Immunization Programs, Internet, Health Behavior
Kao, Justine T.; Levy, Roger; Goodman, Noah D. – Cognitive Science, 2016
Humor plays an essential role in human interactions. Precisely what makes something funny, however, remains elusive. While research on natural language understanding has made significant advancements in recent years, there has been little direct integration of humor research with computational models of language understanding. In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Humor, Language Usage, Sentences, Correlation
Nagy, Tünde – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2020
When it comes to teaching vocabulary in foreign language classes words are often taught in isolation, without regard to the context in which they appear. The paper draws attention to the importance of teaching words in context so that the meaning of a word often results from the meaning of a larger construction it is part of. After presenting the…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lenters, Kimberly; Whitford, Alec – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2020
Purpose: In this paper, the authors engage with embodied critical literacies through an exploration of the possibilities provided by the use of improvisational comedy (improv) in the classroom. The purpose of this paper is to extend understandings of critical literacy to consider how embodied critical literacy may be transformative for both…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Critical Literacy, Creative Activities, Case Studies
Doharty, Nadena – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2020
This paper theorises empirical findings from a school in the north of England in order to contribute to theoretical understandings of racial microaggressions, particularly micro-assaults. In so doing, the paper argues that during the teaching of Black History, micro-assaults were articulated as racist humour and stereotyping, to increase tolerance…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, Humor, Stereotypes
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
Owen, Craig – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
Extensive feminist critique of lad culture has raised serious concerns about its role in the sexualisation and objectification of women; its association with 'pack-like' boisterous behaviour and pressured heavy drinking of alcohol; and its use of banter, irony and infantile humour to provide a protective shield for sexist and homophobic practices.…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Females, Feminism, Criticism
Peral, German Asensio – International Journal of English Studies, 2018
The years of the Second World War (1939-1945), a period known as The Emergency in Ireland, were pivotal for the development of the nation. Immediately after the outburst of the war in the continent, the Fianna Fáil cabinet led by Éamon de Valera declared the state of emergency and adopted a neutrality policy. Brian O'Nolan (1911-1966), better…
Descriptors: War, History, Foreign Policy, Censorship
Bolkan, San; Griffin, Darrin J.; Goodboy, Alan K. – Communication Education, 2018
This study was conducted to examine the impact of integrated humor on direct measures of students' ability to retain and transfer information from educational lessons. In two experiments, participants were randomly exposed to either a lesson with humorous examples or standard examples and were subsequently asked to take tests on the material. Data…
Descriptors: Humor, Teaching Methods, Scores, Cognitive Ability
Berk, Ronald A. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2018
Warning: This article contains humor, which may not be appropriate for some of you, particularly if you have the sense of humor of a grapefruit. Reader discretion is advised. You will miss this trailblazing, earth-shattering, possibly Pulitzer-prize-winning contribution to the literature. However, that's okay. To accommodate your…
Descriptors: Humor, Journal Articles, Academic Discourse, Writing (Composition)
Lamminpää, Jaakko; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
Studies show that teachers and students use humour when communicating with each other in a science education context. This study investigates the use of humour during a collaborative inquiry laboratory task on an undergraduate chemistry course and an undergraduate physics course. Seven groups of students working on a collaborative inquiry task…
Descriptors: Humor, Cooperative Learning, Chemistry, Physics
Isik, Utku; Cengiz, Recep – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between the humor styles and personality of the students of Physical Education and Sports College. The sample of the study consists of 732 students who have been established by random method and study in four different physical education and sports colleges of Turkey in 2014-2015 the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Humor, Personality Traits, Physical Education
Edwards, Chad; Edwards, Autumn; Spence, Patric R.; Lin, Xialing – Communication Education, 2018
Human-machine communication has emerged as a new relational context of education and should become a priority for instructional scholarship in the coming years. With artificial intelligence and robots offering personalized instruction, teachers' roles may shift toward overseers who design and select machine-led instruction, monitor student…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Teaching Methods, Teacher Role
Filliettaz, Laurent – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
Becoming a professional worker involves a wide range of cognitive, social, and cultural processes that have received extensive attention over the past decades amongst various disciplines. It is also not external to language use and communication. Novices in any occupation have to learn technical terms and are expected to master specific discourse…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Novices, Work Environment, Discourse Modes