Observed teacher humour differs from self-reports: sarcasm and mocking accounted for nearly two-thirds of observed teacher humour although teachers and students reported aggressive humour as least common¶
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q2 i? Classroom observations found sarcasm and mocking comprised nearly two-thirds of all teacher humour, contrasting with teacher and student reports of aggressive humour as least common. → Hannah Robinson 2024
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Hannah Robinson 2024¶
Hannah Robinson, Sarah E. Rose, Jade M. Elliott, Romina A. Vivaldi. (2024). Teachers' Humour Use in the Classroom: A Scoping Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09913-x
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Narrative synthesis comparing observation and self-report data (theme one); the review attributes the discrepancy to possible unconscious aggressive humour (Şahin, 2021) or reluctance to report aggressive humour.
"Abbott and Jones (2003) found that sarcasm and mocking accounted for nearly two-thirds of all teacher humour, despite students and teachers reporting this as the least common humour style."
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Related Claims¶
- Aggressive humour has mixed effects on adolescent students' educational experiences, with reported increases in anger, boredom and resistance but some students reporting sarcasm improved rapport
- Teachers' humour (unspecified) shows mixed observed effects on adolescent students' classroom experience, with reported benefits to environment and learning alongside reduced participation and loss of control
- High teacher humour use is associated with higher student test scores in observed classroom studies, though humour style and frequency were poorly specified — related
- Affiliative humour is associated with positive classroom climate, enjoyment and willingness to participate among adolescent students — related
- Course-related humour is positively correlated and course-unrelated humour negatively correlated with students' perceptions of instructional interestingness and intrinsic motivation — related
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Observed teacher humour differs from self-reports: sarcasm and mocking accounted for nearly two-thirds of observed teacher humour although teachers and students reported aggressive humour as least common |
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Observed teacher humour differs from self-reports: sarcasm and mocking accounted for nearly two-thirds of observed teacher humour although teachers and students reported aggressive humour as least common |
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