A Deadpan Look at Humor in Curriculum Theory (Or, The Serious vs. the Solemn).

Autor/in	Vallance, Elizabeth
Titel	A Deadpan Look at Humor in Curriculum Theory (Or, The Serious vs. the Solemn).
Quelle	(1979), (16 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Stellungnahme; Adoption (Ideas); Adult Education; American Culture; Attitude Change; Attitudes; Bias; Concept Formation; Curriculum Development; Educational Needs; Educational Research; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Humor; Irony; Mental Rigidity; Nonverbal Communication; Research Needs; Research Problems; Speeches + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ideas; Ideenfindung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Humoristische Darstellung; Ironie; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Forschungsbedarf; Forschungskritik
Abstract	Educational researchers can provide unusual perspectives to their research if they include humor and irony. Looking at topics from the reverse (the critical attitude, the aesthetic perspective) allows researchers to see patterns, details, and meanings which are normally hidden from view. This aesthetic perspective enables artists, critics, and researchers to find something compelling in ordinary situations. It is essential that artists and researchers discern aesthetically interesting patterns before they transmit the patterns to readers or viewers. Because educators and educational researchers are more likely to judge research and teaching methods by scientific criteria (reliability, validity, replicability, etc.) than by aesthetic criteria, their research seldom encourages new and aesthetically pleasing perspectives. The columnist Russell Baker is one example of a writer who has made the distinction between the serious (traditional, influential, non-defensive), the solemn (pretentious, self-conscious), and the humorous. Baker characterizes Americans as possessing a solemn national attitude. Certainly, educational researchers exhibit this same shortcoming to a considerable degree. Educational researchers will improve their research if they consider distinctions between serious and solemn topics and if they apply these distinctions as criteria in judging research problems, research methodology, and teaching methods. (DB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01