M.Ed. (Tertiary Didactics) / During an exploration of the available local literature concerning the use of humour in teaching, a need developed to synthesize literature to determine whether the use of humour is a desirable teaching skill. The main goal of this study was to analyze and identify the term humour as presumable evident and desirable in the tertiary didactic situation, more specifically in a university context. To obtain this goal descriptive and action research were conducted. In this study attention was paid to various desirable characteristics of a lecturer which would earmark him as effective and "good". These characteristics include both personal and practical teaching qualities. Any teaching style would yield positive results if a lecturer possesses the following skills: enthusiasm, humour, approachability to students, a positive self-image and psychological dynamics.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:12067 |
| Date | 18 August 2014 |
| Creators | Jacobs, Susanne |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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