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Wilma Meeus, P. Mahieu (2009)
You can see the funny side, can't you? Pupil humour with the teacher as targetEducational Studies, 35
Hannah Summerfelt, L. Lippman, I. Hyman (2010)
The Effect of Humor on Memory: Constrained by the PunThe Journal of General Psychology, 137
Lems K. (2013)
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596160 ALXXXX10.1177/1045159515596160ADULT LEARNINGADULT LEARNING research-article2015 Vol. 27 No. 1 ADULT LEARNING Futures 1 2 Alan Seidman, DBA and Stephen C. Brown, PhD here is an old joke that goes as follows: A leads to higher classroom evaluations (Skinner, 2010), bologna sandwich walks into a bar and sits builds trust between student and teacher, and reduces Tdown on a barstool. The bartender says, “I’m classroom anxiety (Shibinski & Martin, 2010). It can sorry sir, you have to leave. We don’t serve food here.” also be used, in a playful way, to poke fun at the Although it is corny, it is a joke that can reflect a teacher (Meeus & Mahieu, 2009) as well as successfully deeper sense of thinking. Obviously, it makes no sense assess student learning by reducing anxiety. In specific that a sandwich would walk into a bar, or even less adult learning situations, it has been shown to sense that it would warrant conversation from the dramatically increase the comfort level of the students bartender. What is intriguing, though, is this joke could (Ty & Alkarzon, 2013). have more than one punch line. It just requires some Puns represent a true form of critical thinking as
Adult Learning – SAGE
Published: Feb 1, 2016
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