ERIC Number: ED479152
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 185
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ISBN: ISBN-1-57922-070-3
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Professors Are from Mars[R], Students Are from Snickers[R]: How To Write and Deliver Humor in the Classroom and in Professional Presentations.
Berk, Ronald A.
This book is a guide to humor that can break down the communication barriers between professors and students, who can be so different that they can seem to come from different planets. The chapters are: (1) "Why Use Humor?"; (2) "Anatomy of Humor"; (3) "Types and Forms of Humor"; (4) "Sources of Humorous Material"; (5) "Delivering Humor Effectively"; (6) "Using Humor in the Classroom"; (7) "Using Humor in Professional Presentations"; and (8) "Using Humor in Publications and Communications." (Contains 119 references.) (SLD)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Humor, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Books; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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