Erasmus+ project financed by the European Union
Erasmus+ project financed by the European Union
There are several benefits of instructors writing their own humor, such as adding a more personalized touch to the humor and better fitting the humor to match the tone and content of the course. To assist instructors with the preparation of original material or to edit the work of others, we describe briefly the process …
Boredom is one of the greatest enemies of successful learning. This happens , mainly, when students predict what will happen next in the classroom. Students frequently know what will occur next because it will be the same as what happened in the previous session and a whole string of sessions before. This predictability is the …
Teachers are constantly looking for solutions, methods, and tools that make teaching more effective. Teachers must constantly strive to use methods and tools that promote or maintain the effectiveness of teaching. The effectiveness of using humour has been studied by several researchers (Jonas 2000; Gorham and Christophel 2009; Tisljár 2011; Lazarus, Role, and Genga 2011). …
In recent years, online learning has been broadly preferred due to the expanding interest for diverse instructional purposes. Many higher education institutions benefit from the potential of online learning by implementing a variety of learning environments. Asynchronous online learning is preferred over other forms of online learning in the education of large masses. In asynchronous …
Teachers and students share the belief that learning should be fun. Award-winning educators encourage the use of humor to create an inviting classroom environment (e.g., Buskist, 2002; Roth, 1997), and students believe that classroom humor relieves stress, improves attention, and enhances learning (Gorham & Christophel, 1990; Wanzer & Frymier, 1999; White, 2001). Although many empirical …
There are several ways to interject humor into instruction, and in this section, we offer suggestions for using pedagogical humor in online lectures and examinations. The placement and duration of humor used in online lecture modules are critical to the flow of instruction. Short, simple jokes are most appropriate for the introduction and transitions while …
On 04.09.2021, Turk Egitim-Sen Konya 2 Nolu Sube Baskanligi presented to its members the first intellectual result of the „HUMOUR in the classroom” project – ” Manual of Good Practices”. The guide was presented to more than 100 teachers from the Syndicate, by Filiz Ekenler, a member of the Board of Directors of Turk Egitim-Sen …
At the Harbour School in Hong Kong, TED Senior Fellow Cesar Harada teaches citizen science and invention to the next generation of environmentalists. He’s moved his classroom into an industrial mega-space where imaginative kids work with wood, metal, chemistry, biology, optics and, occasionally, power tools to create solutions to the threats facing the world’s oceans. …
Project kick off meeting took place on 3 November 2020. Due to Covid 19, the meeting was held online. The project is distributed among 6 partners from 5 different countries. The main aim of this project is to improve the socio-emotional climate in the classroom since it is endangered by low concentration, bad motivation and …