I have a confession to make. I’m not funny. I like to think that I’m funny. I tell jokes. I often get the punchline wrong or my timing is off, but I tell them. Unfortunately, I’m usually the only one ...

Baltimore educators and students are navigating the "6-7" jokes and other TikTok “brainrot” humor that have infiltrated their ...

Absurdities can be seen in just about every part of life, especially the classroom. When students are sitting in a lecture and their eyelids are starting to droop, acknowledging absurdity can ...

Humor reduces stress and tension in the classroom, improves retention of information, and promotes creative understanding. But most of all, it brings a sense of pleasure and appreciation and creates a ...

As an elementary teacher, I experience the hilarious disconnect between what I say and what my students actually hear every ...

Natascha Chtena is a PhD student in Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. You can follow her on Twitter @nataschachtena. At the beginning of my second quarter teaching, I ...

He’s 6-foot one-inch tall, but James Schamber will stand on a chair to reach his second-grade students. Sparkle, a spelling game, is a highlight in Schamber’s classroom where he mentors 23 students ...

ASPEN However you look at it, school tends not to be a laughing matter. Think back on school days past, and the memories are of forgotten homework, ninth-inning kickball gaffes during recess, and ...

Humor has a large role to play when it comes to engaging students in a classroom environment. By facilitating student laughter with appropriate jokes, quips, and visual humor, a teacher can make the ...